On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since >> Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to perform >> system installation and major system upgrades. > > Note that apt-get *has installed* recommended packages etc. surely?
"since" makes that redundant. One of the keys to "plain English" is brevity. ;-) <snipped> > > Lisi > > My suggestions:- 1. rephrased for clarity, but hardly succint. Note that since Lenny, apt-get installs recommended[*1] packages by default. Beginning with the release of Squeeze[*2], apt is the recommended program to perform system installation and major system upgrades. 2. How I'd write it:- Apt is the recommended program to perform system installation and major system upgrades.[*3] 3. To avoid confusion people should read the fine Debian documentation in their native language. [*1] tempting to treat that as a noun :-) [*2] Surely outdated advice for archived releases belongs in the archives. IMO counter arguments don't belong in documentation, they usually only appear there as a futile attempt to quiet the trolls. [*3] "it's not what it said last year" Likewise the weather forecast. "in my day we wore onions on our belts" We call it evolution. Move along. Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f7ba615.5040...@gmail.com
