[Steve Langasek] > Not only is apt-get now strong enough to handle the cases for which we > recommended aptitude in the sarge timeframe (with much better resolution of > upgrades, installation of Recommends by default, and tracking of > auto-installed packages), but aptitude has also had several deplorable > regressions since etch. I don't know which of these made it into the lenny > release or which are still present in squeeze, but: > > - When I type 'aptitude install foo', *removing* foo instead of upgrading > is not a valid solution and should never be offered. > - When I type 'aptitude install foo', installing 5 packages, removing 3 > others, and upgrading 7 more *without installing foo* is not a valid > solution and should never be offered.
If these are present, they sound like good arguments for changing tasksel to use apt-get instead of aptitude. > I believe the correct recommendations would be: > > - apt-get for all commandline operations, including package installation > and removal, and dist-upgrades I assume you mean all over debian-installer too? The apt-install script would have to change, as well as tasksel. I suspect those two are the only ones using apt-get or aptitude directly in debian-installer. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2flhbjh1evq....@login2.uio.no
