On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 09:27:42 +0200 Alex Moonshine <moonsh...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:52:37 -0700 > Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > As shown below, aptitude has been progressively downgraded from > > “important” in oldstable (Wheezy) to “standard” in stable (Jessie), > > “standard” in testing (Stretch) and finally to “optional” in > > unstable (Sid) > > > And exim4 has gone from “standard” in all versions (at least those I > > have access to) before testing to “optional” in testing and above. > > > > I have a small script I run after finishing any install that loads > > and configures several packages that I use regularly but are not > > included in a standard install. It just got a whole lot bigger! > > > > Sigh! > > Rick > > To be honest, I see no reason at all why two package managers needed > to be included in standard install. If you aren't happy with apt-get, > just apt-get install aptitude. It seems beyond question to me that > having bare minimum to start with and adding things you need from > there is a much cleaner and better way of doing things than having > several tools with the same function and having to get rid of one. So > a very sensible change, I only wonder what was the thinking behind > the initial approach. Not in the base system, no, but I'd expect it to be included in any system which might be used by newcomers to Linux. A lot of Internet sites include installation instructions using aptitude, without mentioning any alternatives, or even that there are any. Similarly, a desktop system other than a minimalist one should include Synaptic. -- Joe