Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid
Quoting Nate Bargmann <n0nb AT n0nb DOT us>:
* Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> [2008 Aug 09 07:29 -0500]:
[...]
- It would be nice to have "apt-cache policy"-equivalent information in
the versions display of packages. Right now I find it difficult to
figure out in which archive a given version can be found. (As a matter
of fact, that is the only reason I still use apt-cache, aside from
very simple searches for which apt-cache's dumber-but-faster search
function is sufficient.)
Okay, here I'm out in left field as I don't know what apt-cache policy
would do. I tend to avoid policy whenever I can. ;-)
My statement was a bit unclear; I use the apt-cache policy command to see
which versions are available for a given package and in which archives they
are included. Aptitude tells me the former on its package information page,
but not the latter (unless I missed something).
Even if there is only one known version of a given package, I find it handy
to be able to distinguish the following cases:
- The package only exists in stable: time to check out the reasons for its
removal and to look for alternatives
- The package has the same version in stable, testing and unstable: probably
well tested and mature, but maybe unlikely to get new features
- The package only exists in unstable (and maybe testing): probably has
interesting new features and bugs, it might be fun to play with it
Right now I use the "limit view" function with appropriate search terms to
get this kind of information; it would be nice if aptitude displayed the
archive(s) next to the version number automatically.
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Regards,
Florian
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