Stephan, there are DVD installers available. And the 700MB CD-size should never be knocked, as there are still quite a number of us who still depend on it.
In the meantime, there is a discussion about this change in the development ML, you can read it here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /ubuntu-devel-discuss/2010-June/011659.html Regards -- Removal of aptitude from base installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592336 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs