On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 11:07:28PM +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > Adeodato Simó <d...@net.com.org.es> writes:
> >>> <p>Upgrades [… are automatically handled by the aptitude package > >>> management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree > >>> also by the apt-get package management tool. > >> This should be consistent with the Release Notes. I haven't been > >> tracking the relevant section there very closely, but I thought > >> apt-get was preferred now over aptitude. > > Whereas I was sure the opposite is true (aptitude is now recommended > > over apt-get). > >> Could you investigate, and swap the order if that's the case? > The preferred tool is aptitude. This is not a matter for you to decide by fiat. The tools recommended in the release notes should be the ones that work most reliably for dist-upgrading from the previous release. Based on various upgrade reports I've seen over the past year, that isn't aptitude. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
