On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 07:08:21PM -0500, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Hi Osamu,
> Thank you very much. Minor problem with the new version: there should
> be something after "facts" - either a period, or - IMO most
> appropriate - a colon. I personally do not like that sentence much for
> 2 reasons:
> 
>  * I would expect a document as official as the Debian reference to
>  avoid... referring... to its author.  * Calling aptitude "very nice"
>  may create some exagerated expectations for many new users who expect
>  a nice tool to feature a GUI.
> 
> Your change clarifies a lot what the current version is trying to warn
> about and makes it much simpler for me to express what I think is
> wrong with it:
> 
>  * I see nothing wrong with the first fact, as phrased in the Git
>  version.  * My problem is with the second fact: o If this is a
>  warning about a bug, we really should have a ticket on it before
>  writing user documentation about it. If this is not about a bug,
>  speaking of a "resol[ution]" seems misleading (and if one has to use
>  apt-get in these contexts, it does sound like a bug).  o If this
>  problem is merely about unstable, I do not think the reference should
>  put such emphasis on it. I never used aptitude due to a number of
>  problems it had when I adopted Debian, but if I understand correctly
>  what this problem is about, I wouldn't think it affects testing.

Mmmmm... So what do you propose as alternative.  Please make a full
proposal.

Osamu


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