[Fwd: Re: Two rather negative articles about Ubuntu]

[Derek Broughton]

Guido Heumann wrote:
> 
> I basically go with Peter's opinion here. Additionally I just want to
> mention that even for the last two Debian releases the officially
> recommended way of upgrading was not "apt-get dist-upgrade" anymore:
> 
> potato- > woody: deselect recommended over apt-get [1]
> woody -> sarge: aptitude recommended over apt-get [2]

yeah, but in the potato->woody case they were wrong.  dselect was a really
lousy way to expect anybody to work.  aptitude vs apt-get is a no-brainer.
-- 
derek