Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
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- Subject: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
- From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:03:45 +0200
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On 2016-09-30 09:31:39 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> > It's a pity that Aptitude is so poorly designed.
> >> Just because it doesn't always work the way you want it doesn't mean it
> >> should labeled "poorly designed".
> > I'm not the only one to complain.
>
> My point is that saying it's "poorly designed" is like calling the author
> an idiot. So it's very different from complaining about some problems
> with the program.
It's poorly designed because bugs[*] are not fixable.
[*] behavior that doesn't match the documentation.
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