Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt

[Philippe Cloutier <chealer@gmail.com>]

Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit :
> Philippe Cloutier wrote:
> > Package: www.debian.org
> > Severity: minor
> >
> > As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains
> >
> > Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the
> > aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to
> > one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors.
> >
> > This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that
> > one can use one or the other. This should probably read "by pointing the
> > Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to
> > [...]".
>
> You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use.
>
Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is 
precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, 
which is already a common misconception.