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Re: update hell

From	Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: update hell
Date	2018-08-02 09:40 +0200
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 21:05:48 -0400
Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> wrote:

> Deep thoughts:
> 
> Debian docs seem to say that apt-get is best for significant upgrades.
> 
> Why?

Because it handles large numbers of simultaneous package upgrades
better.

> 
> But that aptitude is best for daily package management.
> 
> Why?
> 

Because it has more intelligent dependency handling, and will offer
various partial solutions when apt-get will just want to remove large
numbers of packages. When faced with hundreds of packages to sort out
dependencies for, aptitude can take a very long time to find an
answer, by which I mean hours rather than minutes.

> So, if apt-get is for non-trivial upgrades, then why not for daily
> use?
> 
> And if aptitude is preferred for daily, use, why not for serious
> upgrades?
> 
> Not efficient to have multiple choices. Debian, please choose one and
> deprecate the others.
> 
> I patiently await your hate mail.
> 

It *is* efficient to have more than one alternative. It is not
efficient to have more than one *identical* alternative, and the
various Debian package tools are not identical. Should there be only
one web browser, only one email client, etc? Only one operating system?

-- 
Joe

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  Re: update hell Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-27 06:50 +0200
    Re: update hell Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-27 07:10 +0200
      Re: update hell Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-27 17:10 +0200
    Re: update hell Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-31 01:40 +0200
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        Re: update hell Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-31 02:20 +0200
          Re: update hell Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-08-01 01:20 +0200
            Re: update hell Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-01 05:20 +0200
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                Re: update hell Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-08-02 03:10 +0200
                Re: update hell Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-02 03:40 +0200
                Re: update hell Thomas D Dial <tdial@acm.org> - 2018-08-02 09:40 +0200
                Re: update hell Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-08-02 09:40 +0200

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