Package: apt Version: 1.0.5 Severity: wishlist Many of apt's users are human, and thus prone to making mistakes. A common mistake seems to be running apt-get dist-upgrade and not noticing that it wants to remove your backup system and/or terminal emulator and/or steam. Or not noticing that it wants to install horrible-enormous-thing and/or steam. It doesn't help that the message about this is buried in the middle of masses of other data that are liable to be skimmed at best, and scroll right off the terminal at worst. ---- pm-utils procps propellor publicsuffix python python-bzrlib python-debianbts python-libxml2 python-minimal python-oauth python-pkg-resources python-secretstorage python3-pkg-resources qlandkartegt rpcbind rsync strace subversion systemd systemd-sysv udev upower x11-apps x11-utils x11-xserver-utils x11proto-input-dev xarchiver xauth xfce4-power-manager xfce4-power-manager-data xfce4-session xfce4-systemload-plugin xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xserver-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware 296 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 7 to remove and 18 not upgraded. Need to get 302 MB/305 MB of archives. After this operation, 7,547 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---- Hypothesis 1: Many humans see the above 25 lines and hit "y". Hypothesis 2: Most humans see the below 25 lines and hit "n". ---- x11proto-input-dev xarchiver xauth xfce4-power-manager xfce4-power-manager-data xfce4-session xfce4-systemload-plugin xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xserver-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware The following NEW packages will be installed: libepoxy0 libevdev2 libghc-cipher-des-dev libndp0 libupower-glib2 The following packages will be REMOVED: libdb5.1 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libudev1:i386 obnam python-paramiko python2.6 steam:i386 296 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 7 to remove and 18 not upgraded. Need to get 302 MB/305 MB of archives. After this operation, 7,547 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ---- So, I suggest sorting the output with the most important items last, to go with the UPPERCASE highlighting apt already gives them. -- see shy jo
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