Bug#706551: release-notes: drop "Package management" section from "What's new"
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
On Apr 12 on debian-doc, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Daniel Hartwig wrote:
>> Neither is this something new, so why not just remove this old
>> notice?
>
> Yes, sure, that would be an option. I attach a version of my patch
> that removes this particular paragraph from whats-new.dbk; let's see
> if this gets us anywhere.
Nope. Trying again as a bugreport.
Even disregarding the poorly phrased stuff about apt-get's
"non-interactive" CLI, this paragraph has got to go. The advice it's
trying to give was originally addressed (in a less confusing form) to
people running *Etch* and upgrading to *Lenny*. It is by no stretch
of the imagination a feature that's "new in Wheezy"!
If we want to keep some standard recommendation that upgrades should
always be done with apt-get rather than aptitude, that's exactly the
kind of material that belongs in the "upgrades" chapter, not in
"What's new in Debian GNU/Linux 7.0".
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
Index: whats-new.dbk
===================================================================
--- whats-new.dbk (revision 9854)
+++ whats-new.dbk (working copy)
@@ -402,18 +402,6 @@
</para>
</section>
-<section id="pkgmgmt">
-<title>Package management</title>
-<para>
-The preferred program for interactive package management from a terminal is
-<command>aptitude</command>. For a non-interactive command line interface
-for package management, it is recommended to use <command>apt-get</command>.
-<command>apt-get</command> is also the preferred tool for upgrades
-between major releases.
-</para>
-
-</section>
-
<section id="multiarch">
<title>Multiarch</title>
<para>
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