Package: apt Version: 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2 Severity: normal
The current wording for apt-get dist-upgrade is: dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore remove some packages. In my experience, dist-upgrade can also cause the installation of packages if, say, a new version of a package already installed now has additional dependencies. We have had to explain this somewhat regularly on the Kubuntu Forums (where I am one of the administrators). I'd like to propose a change to the description so that this behavior is mentioned. Please consider the following substitute paragraph, with suggested changes typed in all capital letters only for ease of seeing in the bug report: dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore ADD OR remove some packages, TO ENSURE THAT ANY NEW DEPENDENCIES OF EXISTING INSTALLED PACKAGES ARE MET. Thank you for considering this request. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
