Bug#173199: marked as done (apt-get (dist-)upgrade should default to No when removing packages)
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Package: apt
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I consider that the question of apt-get (dist-)upgrade about continuing
upgrade (Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ) should default to No in case
that the upgrade might REMOVE some package. It would be less dangerous
to hurry user that many times anticipate keystrokes.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux misiongenovesa 2.2.19 #2 ven ott 11 11:34:12 AST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=it_IT, LC_CTYPE=it_IT
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11 The GNU stdc++ library
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Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 16:47:05 -0700 (MST)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#173199: apt-get (dist-)upgrade should default to No when
removing packages
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To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>, 173199-done@bugs.debian.org
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APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > upgrade (Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ) should default to No in case
> > that the upgrade might REMOVE some package. It would be less dangerous to
> > hurry user that many times anticipate keystrokes.
>
> If you do not intend to allow apt to remove packages, 'upgrade' should be
> used instead of 'dist-upgrade'. By explicitly requesting dist-upgrade, you
> are giving apt permission to remove packages.
I agree, I'm also not in a big hurry to change the user interface after so
many years of keeping it this way.
Jason
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