Tom Roche Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:20:51 -0400[1] >> why not tell users (via [the Debian Reference][2]) that
>> * `apt-get dist-upgrade` is better for non-interactive usecases, especially >> for beginners lacking sufficient knowledge of Debian packaging and package >> dependencies. >> * `aptitude dist-upgrade` is better for interactive usecases (e.g., more >> complicated upgrades from less-standard repositories), provided one has the >> knowledge required to interact successfully. >> * `apt-get` and `aptitude` use different package dependency resolvers for >> different usecases, but one is not more robust than the other. >> * bug#=411280[3] is no longer relevant. Axel Beckert Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:14:44 +0200[4] > When writing installation instructions for your software on Debian, you > should always use apt-get. > (The statement was not targetted towards Debian's own documentation.) However I was plainly discussing "Debian's own documentation." So my recommendation stands: some representative of the `aptitude` developers, possibly accompanied by some of the `apt` developers (some of whom seem to be on this list), should communicate the facts above (which Beckert corroborates[5]) to the Debian Reference maintainer(s) by the recommended mechanism: 3.6. Bug reports on [the Debian Reference][6] >>> Please file bug reports on the debian-reference package using reportbug(1) >>> if you find any issues on this document. Please include correction >>> suggestion by "diff -u" to the plain text version or to the source. I'll cheerfully contribute "correction suggestion" if desired. I'd `reportbug` on the DR myself, except that I'm just "some guy on the internet," and IMHO this really should be done by more knowledgeable people, such as `aptitude` and `apt` developers. TIA, Tom Roche <[email protected]> [1]: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/aptitude-devel/2015-July/004860.html [2]: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_literal_apt_get_literal_literal_apt_cache_literal_vs_literal_aptitude_literal [3]: http://bugs.debian.org/411280 [4]: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/aptitude-devel/2015-July/004861.html [5]: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/aptitude-devel/2015-July/004859.html [6]: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/pr01.en.html#_bug_reports_on_this_document _______________________________________________ Aptitude-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aptitude-devel
