Bug#268697: dist-upgrade not explained in manpage

2005-04-20 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 09:45:08AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Regarding the advice to avoid dist-upgrade...I was half-asleep when you > brought that up, and I think I may have given bad advice as a result. > dist-upgrade can cause problems, but if you don't use it from time to time > you'

Bug#268697: dist-upgrade not explained in manpage

2005-04-20 Thread Daniel Burrows
Regarding the advice to avoid dist-upgrade...I was half-asleep when you brought that up, and I think I may have given bad advice as a result. dist-upgrade can cause problems, but if you don't use it from time to time you're guaranteed to end up with some stale packages (due to stuff that sim

Bug#268697: dist-upgrade not explained in manpage

2005-04-20 Thread Branden Robinson
tag 268697 + patch thanks On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 08:07:30AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote: > The main problem is that aptitude's dist-upgrade is not terribly well > defined (neither is apt-get's dist-upgrade, if it comes to that). It > basically means "try hard to upgrade stuff, even if you ha

Bug#268697: dist-upgrade not explained in manpage

2005-04-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Monday 18 April 2005 03:21 am, Branden Robinson wrote: > Can I beg and plead for this bug to be fixed, pleease?  :) > > I'd be happy to help write a patch, except for the fact that I don't > actually understand precisely what dist-upgrade does.  I know only these > things: > > * It doesn't w

Bug#268697: dist-upgrade not explained in manpage

2005-04-18 Thread Branden Robinson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-2 Followup-For: Bug #268697 Can I beg and plead for this bug to be fixed, pleease? :) I'd be happy to help write a patch, except for the fact that I don't actually understand precisely what dist-upgrade does. I know only these things: * It doesn't work e