control: tags 732956 pending Hi, On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 09:52:03PM -0500, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Package: debian-reference-en > Version: 2.53 > Severity: minor > > Section 2.2.1. |apt-get| / |apt-cache| vs. |aptitude| contains: > > >The |apt-get| and |apt-cache| commands are the most *basic* package > >management tool. > > The subject is plural while "the most *basic* package management tool" is > singular.
Yes. > Besides, I'd say Debian's most basic package management tool is dpkg. I would > suggest removing this sentence. Not really in this intended context. It is focused on APT. > By the way, one item reads: > >apt-get offers a robust and stable package resolver which uses the > >common package state data. > I do not see the point of discussing common package state data here. "apt-get > offers a robust and stable package resolver." would be sufficient (I would > even drop one of "robust" or "stable", which seem redundant). There were some reasons why I did this but you have a point. So I updated pertinent section in the source as: ==== `apt-get` / `apt-cache` vs. `aptitude` NOTE: The package dependency resolver of the `aptitude` command tends to suggest mass package removals when packages in `unstable` are temporarily inconsistent. This situation is a bit frightening. Usually, "`apt-get dist-upgrade`" should resolve this situation. This situation seems to be caused mostly by the version skew among packages depended or recommended by a meta-package such as `gnome-core`. The `apt-get` and `apt-cache` commands are the most **basic** APT-based package management tools. - `apt-get` and `apt-cache` offer only the commandline user interface. - `apt-get` is most suitable for the **major system upgrade** between releases, etc. - `apt-get` offers a **robust** package dependency resolver. - `apt-get` is less demanding on hardware resources. It consumes less memory and runs faster. - `apt-cache` offers a **standard** regex based search on the package name and description. - `apt-get` and `apt-cache` can manage multiple versions of packages using `/etc/apt/preferences` but it is quite cumbersome. The `aptitude` command is the most **versatile** APT-based package management tool. - `aptitude` offers the fullscreen interactive text user interface. - `aptitude` offers the commandline user interface, too. - `aptitude` is most suitable for the **daily interactive package management** such as inspecting installed packages and searching available packages. - `aptitude` is more demanding on hardware resources. It consumes more memory and runs slower. - `aptitude` offers an **enhanced** regex based search on all of the package metadata. - `aptitude` can manage multiple versions of packages without using `/etc/apt/preferences` and it is quite intuitive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
