Re: A few questions (buster and presentation)

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 04/16/2019 12:36 PM, Matthew Crews wrote:
> On 4/16/19 10:32 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 06:27:34PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
> > > There are 3 main ways to install packages,  I have tried to explain this
> > > in the presentation as
> > >
> > > Apt - 1.8.0 - command line tool (universal)
> > > Gnome-packagekit - used for gnome desktop environment
> > > Synaptic - 0.84.5 used for most other Desktop Environment(s)
> >
> > There's also aptitude, which actually works well.
>
> FYI, Synaptic is not available in Debian Buster.

There is an important implication of that.
If Synaptic (or an acceptable alternative) is not available then there 
are users who wait for a usable Debian (or other) release.

I for one. I use MATE, IIRC I skipped a release after Gnome3 presented 
an unacceptable UI.