On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:52:37 -0700 Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote:
> As shown below, aptitude has been progressively downgraded from > “important” in oldstable (Wheezy) to “standard” in stable (Jessie), > “standard” in testing (Stretch) and finally to “optional” in unstable > (Sid) > And exim4 has gone from “standard” in all versions (at least those I > have access to) before testing to “optional” in testing and above. > > I have a small script I run after finishing any install that loads > and configures several packages that I use regularly but are not > included in a standard install. It just got a whole lot bigger! > > Sigh! > Rick To be honest, I see no reason at all why two package managers needed to be included in standard install. If you aren't happy with apt-get, just apt-get install aptitude. It seems beyond question to me that having bare minimum to start with and adding things you need from there is a much cleaner and better way of doing things than having several tools with the same function and having to get rid of one. So a very sensible change, I only wonder what was the thinking behind the initial approach. -- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Best wishes, Alex S.
