Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid
Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 20:01 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
>
>> Heh. :-)
>>
>> I actually am curious to hear what people like about the program,
>> because I'm (slowly) working out ideas for redesigning the interface
>> and I don't want to accidentally break useful features. Any breakage
>> should be fully intentional, that's my motto.
>>
>> Hence my oh-so-subtle prodding...
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>
> Sadly, I have NEVER used aptitude ncurses. Ever since the early days of
> Potato, when I tried to use it, I would get completely lost. As smart
> as I am (however smart that is) that interface just does not work the
> way my brain works. I still don't know how to use it and get frustrated
> in 30 seconds trying to use it. Nothing against what I am sure is a
> nice program, it just does not work the way I think. I feel better by
> sharing, it has made us all better people (and dang it! People like
> me!)
>
Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost with the
ncurses interface of aptitude. (I actually found dselect easier to get
around in. What?!!)
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