On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:32:13 +0200, "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote: > Additional to this, my suggestion: > > 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded.
apt-listchanges > 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first > installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to > handle this somehow, not sure) Hm, what's interesting here? Config files are preserved if replaced by the upgrade or left alone with the new file provided under a new name. > 3. And last but not least: An option, to blacklisting broken packages! (very > important) Built in aptitude and with pinning possible with apt, but I know of no tool to modify the config. > mentioned kernel version above are broken. How are those problems handled? If testing and unstable are meant to be used along together. no problem running a mostly testing system with one or two hand picked packages from unstable. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87d3iesypd....@london087.server4you.de