How we talk about installing packages on the wiki

[Corey Burger]

Hello all,

For those of you who follow the wiki, there was been some disagreement
over whether aptitude or apt-get should be used when telling people to
install things. This is not that debate. This is about short
circuiting that debate and making the wiki consistent with the SVN
documentation, which bypasses the entire issue by simply telling
people which packages they need to install, rather than how to install
those packages. After much discussion on #ubuntu-doc, it was agreed
that this change should be done on the wiki as well. So, what can you
do to help? Here is an easy 3 step plan:

1. Search the wiki for "apt-get" or "aptitude". Remember to search
text, not titles
2. At every instance where it says "apt-get install X" replace that
with "Install the following packages: X". Leave the package names
surrounded by {{{
3. Revert any attempts by people who change it back to the old way.
Refer them to this email if they have any questions.

Cheers,

Corey
Your Friendly Wiki Janitor