Hi Osamu,
On 2014-01-06 09:29, Osamu Aoki wrote:
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Hi,
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 09:52:03PM -0500, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
Package: debian-reference-en
Version: 2.53
Severity: minor
Section 2.2.1. |apt-get| / |apt-cache| vs. |aptitude| contains:
The |apt-get| and |apt-cache| commands are the most *basic* package management
tool.
The subject is plural while "the most *basic* package management tool" is
singular.
Yes.
Besides, I'd say Debian's most basic package management tool is dpkg. I would
suggest removing this sentence.
Not really in this intended context. It is focused on APT.
By the way, one item reads:
apt-get offers a robust and stable package resolver which uses the
common package state data.
I do not see the point of discussing common package state data here. "apt-get offers a robust and stable
package resolver." would be sufficient (I would even drop one of "robust" or
"stable", which seem redundant).
There were some reasons why I did this but you have a point.
So I updated pertinent section in the source as:
==== `apt-get` / `apt-cache` vs. `aptitude`
NOTE: The package dependency resolver of the `aptitude` command tends to
suggest mass package removals when packages in `unstable` are
temporarily inconsistent. This situation is a bit frightening.
Usually, "`apt-get dist-upgrade`" should resolve this situation. This
situation seems to be caused mostly by the version skew among packages
depended or recommended by a meta-package such as `gnome-core`.
The `apt-get` and `apt-cache` commands are the most **basic** APT-based
package management tools.
- `apt-get` and `apt-cache` offer only the commandline user interface.
- `apt-get` is most suitable for the **major system upgrade** between
releases, etc.
- `apt-get` offers a **robust** package dependency resolver.
- `apt-get` is less demanding on hardware resources. It consumes less
memory and runs faster.
- `apt-cache` offers a **standard** regex based search on the package
name and description.
- `apt-get` and `apt-cache` can manage multiple versions of packages
using `/etc/apt/preferences` but it is quite cumbersome.
The `aptitude` command is the most **versatile** APT-based package
management tool.
- `aptitude` offers the fullscreen interactive text user interface.
- `aptitude` offers the commandline user interface, too.
- `aptitude` is most suitable for the **daily interactive package
management** such as inspecting installed packages and searching
available packages.
- `aptitude` is more demanding on hardware resources. It consumes more
memory and runs slower.
- `aptitude` offers an **enhanced** regex based search on all of the
package metadata.
- `aptitude` can manage multiple versions of packages without using
`/etc/apt/preferences` and it is quite intuitive.
Thank you very much, your changes are perfect.
By the way, reviewing the above made me notice the note at the top. Do we have
a ticket on aptitude's issue? If not, should the reference really be targetted
to people using unstable as a default suite anyway?
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Filipus Klutiero
http://www.philippecloutier.com
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