On Fri 20 Nov 2015 at 19:29:09 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Pavel Volkov [2015-11-20 20:03:03+03] wrote: > > > What's the current officially recommended way to operate packages: > > apt- utilities or aptitude? I heard aptitude development was stalled > > and it offered no real advantages (not counting interactive mode). > > There's no "the" way for normal use. Release notes recommend apt-get for > upgrades to next version of Debian (aka. dist-upgrade). But everyone is > free to choose whatever they like. > > Some discussion in the Debian reference manual: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_literal_apt_get_literal_literal_apt_cache_literal_vs_literal_aptitude_literal
That about sums it up. There is no "should" about which package manager a user is better employing. There are opinions though: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/03/msg00269.html There is a "should", however, about expectations of the stretch installer installing aptitude. One should not expect that to happen.
