On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:32:13 +0200, "Hans-J. Ullrich" <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> Additional to this, my suggestion:
> 
> 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded.

apt-listchanges

> 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first 
> installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to 
> handle this somehow, not sure)

Hm, what's interesting here? Config files are preserved if replaced by
the upgrade or left alone with the new file provided under a new name.

> 3. And last but not least: An option, to blacklisting broken packages! (very 
> important)

Built in aptitude and with pinning possible with apt, but I know of no
tool to modify the config.

> mentioned kernel version above are broken. How are those problems handled? If 

testing and unstable are meant to be used along together. no problem
running a mostly testing system with one or two hand picked packages
from unstable.

Peter 


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