Re: [RFR] upgrade-advisor
Franklin PIAT wrote:
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>> I'm sure there's a better way of putting that, but I'm not seeing it.
>> The best I can manage is "Test the system after the upgrade, then
>> display hints\n for emulating a freshly installed system."
>
> I think that "emulating" isn't completely accurate.
True, its technical sense is misleading.
> "Test the upgraded system to list optional steps to make it identical to
> freshly installed system."
>
> Instead of "identical", I have been thinking of "similar" but it isn't
> accurate either...
"Equivalent"? "To make it {mimic,resemble,match} a freshly
installed system"? "To list hints for improving its similarity to a
freshly installed system"? So many possibilities, none of them
quite satisfying.
>> By the way, _is_ aptitude recommended over apt-get this time? I
>> seem to remember people saying that it looked as if apt-get might be
>> better at handling Etch->Lenny. Or was that a nightmare?
Probably a nightmare inspired by the discussion for bug 489132.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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