Re: Re: Where are we now? (Was: Bits from the RM)
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 01:14:25PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > And as aptitude is kinda useable it might
> >well replace dselect as the recommended method.
>
> Please don't do this yet, since dselect is still more self-documenting,
> and therefore easier for new people to use. :-P
What's wrong with aptitude's documentation? The User's Manual is
conveniently located in the Help Menu, right there at the top of the
screen for easy access. While dselect forces the newbie to see the help
screen by default at the start of package selection, it seems to need
to do this more because it's so unintuititive. Not that dselect is bad
by any means (I often recommend using it, especially to build the
sources list) but for general everyday use, aptitude is gnenerally much
better.
- David Nusinow
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