apt-listbugs, apt-listchanges AND other thoughts

[Tim Webster]

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:32:10 +0100, John Levin <john at technolalia.org> wrote:
> 
> On 3 Oct 2004, at 11:13, Tim Webster wrote:
> 
> > The three best packages in debian are
> >
> > aptitude -- console version of synaptic, IMHO don't waste your time on
> > synaptic
> >
> 
> One of the main ideas behind Ubuntu is that the console shouldn't be
> necessary for anything - all configuration should have a gui

Actually, I disagree :)
I see 2 main groups of Ubuntu users.
1) Novice desktop users

2) Server users
The careful handling of initscripts, lsb-functions, time based releases, etc etc
Make Ubuntu a good alternative to redhat. IMHO Ubuntu is a better server
release then redhat, because it allows more flexability 
such as perl 5.6 to be used with the latest software, finer grain packages,
better package builders, human readable package database, etc etc

So.... not all of us want to see the gui

-tim
> 
> 
> > apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges
> > I use these to decide whether to install a package or place it on hold.
> >
> 
> Is there any way of building these into synaptic? there have been a few
> questions on this list about getting information out of synaptic -
> perhaps users want it to be an auditing tool as well as a package
> manager.
> 
> John
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