Bug#629890: apt-howto does not cover post-secure-APT

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

tags 629890 wontfix
thanks

Hi,

I know APT-HOWTO looks nice and easier to understand.

But, the wishlist bug reporter did not read carefully enough to
understand why APT-HOWTO was obsoleted.  This should not be done unless
its contents are updated.

Anyway, the original author (Gustavo Noronha Silva kov@debian.org) asked
it to be removed from the Debian archive since it did not reflect modern
situation in his word.  So there is no point reintroducing it without
careful updates of its contents by someone capable.  (I remember it was
archived somewhere in debian-doc.)

Anyway, apt-doc is the official one.  If anyone wish to update any part
of it, it will be more productive to submit patches than just throwing
obsoleted document.

There is some introductory section in my Debian Reference (DR) as a
secondary tutorial.  Which is separate package and Debian web pages.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html I think
kov mentioned that DR and Debian FAQ being current user oriented
document, he has no intention to update obsoleted apt-howto.

I thought about closing bug but decided to keep it as wontfix so other
similar requests can be dealt easily :-)

Osamu