Philippe Cloutier wrote: > Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : >> Philippe Cloutier wrote: >>> Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez > écrit : >>>> Philippe Cloutier wrote: >>>>> Package: www.debian.org >>>>> Severity: minor >>>>> >>>>> As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 >>>>> contains >>>>> >>>>> Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the >>>>> aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to >>>>> one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. >>>>> >>>>> This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting >>>>> that one can use one or the other. This should probably read "by >>>>> pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) >>>>> manual page) to [...]". >>>> You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. >>> Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is >>> precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, >>> which is already a common misconception. >> No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever >> package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). > I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. > The announcement says this: > "You can use A or B." > B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is > to > use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. > > It could also be changed to "pointing your favorite package manager (such as > aptitude and Synaptic) to [...]" though in reality, you're pointing APT to a > source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. > > The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to > replace Windows.
No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library. Sorry, but you're wrong. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
