Bug#1041708: Bug#1051979: Do not suggest APT::Default-Release setting
On 18/09/2023 20:12, Osamu Aoki wrote:
Since Bug#1041708 was mentioned, I CC it.
It is marked as "done", so perhaps you need to reopen it if you expect
some actions.
I propose to replace this line with
APT::Default-Release "testing";
I think this don't drive people to set this to "stable" as much.
From my point of view it is a bit better, but hardly noticeable. And it
is still misleading for Debian users since testing has security updates
as well, thus not so trivial regexp is preferred. apt.conf(5) has more
examples, but neither of them is close to what might be used in real life:
Default-Release
Default release to install packages from if more than one version is
available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples:
'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', 'bookworm', 'trixie', '4.0', '5.0*'.
See also apt_preferences(5).
I believe that explicit warnings against usage of APT::Default-Release
will be helpful for users.
I have not noticed issues with regexp and "apt-get source" or synaptic
in bookworm. Either they exist or not, mention of regexp as an option is
valuable from my point of view (with or without a warning concerning
lack of support in some tool). It will affect decision of those who are
aware of regexp from the bullseye release notes.
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