On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 07:57:03PM +0000, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > On 2009-02-10 11:32, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Dienstag, 10. Februar 2009, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > > > We could propably change aptitude into apt-get by a simple > > > search and replace in the release notes. > > > > I think it would be better to explicitly mention this change. Granted, many > > people never switched to aptitude, but for those who did it would be nicer > > if > > we make it explicit. > > OK. > > > Translations are great, but shouldnt go in the way of providing the best > > documentation possible. > > My question to the release managers: Shall we (editors of the > release notes, translators, [email protected]) try to change > "aptitude" into "apt-get" or not? I just have not the experience > (never used aptitude) to justify the change, but I trust the > release managers --- in this issue. I need to know, hm, now.
I'm not a release manager, or even a Debian developer, but I remember a long discussion about which to use -- aptitude or apt-get. 'm not even sure where this discussion took place -- it might even have been on this list. One of the considerations was that apt-get might not maintain the list of requested packages that aptitude maintians, so that those who used aptitude might find themselves in trouble. I'm not sure what the resolution of this problem was. I think there were some specific problems with aptitude, though, and thought that some of them had been solved -- but only if you upgraded aptitude first (possibly together with some other software. Might it have been perl?) -- hendrik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
