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Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)



On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>  Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since
>>     Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to perform
>>     system installation and major system upgrades.
> 
> Note that apt-get *has installed* recommended packages etc. surely? 

"since" makes that redundant.
One of the keys to "plain English" is brevity. ;-)

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> 
> Lisi
> 
>
My suggestions:-

1. rephrased for clarity, but hardly succint.
Note that since Lenny, apt-get installs recommended[*1] packages by default.
Beginning with the release of Squeeze[*2], apt is the recommended
program to perform system installation and major system upgrades.

2. How I'd write it:-
Apt is the recommended program to perform system installation and major
system upgrades.[*3]

3. To avoid confusion people should read the fine Debian documentation
in their native language.


[*1] tempting to treat that as a noun :-)
[*2] Surely outdated advice for archived releases belongs in the
archives. IMO counter arguments don't belong in documentation, they
usually only appear there as a futile attempt to quiet the trolls.
[*3] "it's not what it said last year" Likewise the weather forecast.
"in my day we wore onions on our belts" We call it evolution. Move along.


Kind regards

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