Re: apt-get vs. aptitude
On Saturday 12 October 2013 06:45:15 Dmitrii Kashin wrote:
> Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> writes:
> >>> Have you filed a bug report about aptitude breaking apt
> >>> (whatever that means!) or is this just FUD?
> >>
> >> No, I have not. Because it is normal aptitude's behaviour.
> >>
> >> It was a cognitive case...
> >
> > You start out by replying that this isn't a bug but normal for
> > aptitude!
>
> Yes, it's normal for aptitude, but isn't it ugliness?
No, I like it and so do many others. There are several other choices
if you do not like aptitude.
> Great. It gives me a choice to break my system, and the only thing
> that separates me from it is the letter 'y'. Thanks. I do not like
> this choice. I would prefer not to have it.
This is Open Source. If you choose not to be able to choose, that is
your choice. I prefer aptitude's leaving many of the decisions to
me. For some things it does not accept a mere y (in fact, for "y"
you can just do enter), but insists on getting a "yes" in full.
Lisi
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