On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 08:55:03 +1000, Russell Stuart <russell-deb...@stuart.id.au> wrote: >For my servers it's different. The inherent ambiguity of Debian >dependency system that libapt tries hide becomes intolerable, meaning I >don't want something to just choose between the possibilities on my >behalf, I want to be informed so I can see the choices and have my >decision explicitly recorded to I can repeat it.
debfoster? >Leaving garbage >packages (think "garbage" as in garbage collector) lying around on >servers that are supposed to be clones left alone to maintain themselves >for a while is equally unacceptable. Playing with servers that are supposed to be clones, even adminning them with manual ssh interaction will make them lose their clone property in absolutely not ime, turning them into snowflakes[1]. Automated systems are needed for that. And even then, a machine is to be considered a snowflake once a person has been root on them. Greetings Marc [1] all alike, but different -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1zlqwc-00061d...@swivel.zugschlus.de
