-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Philippe Cloutier wrote: > Le December 27, 2007 04:39:34 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : >> Philippe Cloutier wrote: >>> Le December 27, 2007 03:47:40 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : >>>> 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. >>> Quoting English Wikipedia: >>>> APT is a C++ library of functions (known as libapt) which are used by >>>> front-end programs for dealing with packages [...] >>> As you can see, APT can be considered as libapt. apt can also be >>> considered as the apt package, but it still contains libapt, so apt >>> either is or contains libapt. Therefore, suggesting that one can use >>> aptitude without using apt is misleading. >> Last time: For *end users* apt is a package manager. > You mean a libapt front-end? If so, which one is it? > > > Ok, check the description of the apt package: http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt
"Advanced front-end for dpkg"!! And does aptitude depends on the apt package? No! Depends on libapt! Which is not apt. Regards. - -- Jose Luis Rivas. San Cristóbal, Venezuela. PGP: 0xCACAB118 http://ghostbar.ath.cx/{about,acerca} - http://debian.org.ve `ghostbar' @ irc.debian.org/#debian-ve,#debian-devel-es -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHdDb/OKCtW8rKsRgRAt1YAJ9fVQs7ezKdgtzvueEbJnf6wgB1LQCcDipF xnsp+hLd8mQFKAlioQOl0uo= =q6e6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
