Question about package dependencies, package versions and distro releases

[Mario Vukelic]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 23:50 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> dist-upgrade allows the packaging system to install new packages

As always a great post by Peter :) I just want to add that
"dist-upgrade" also allows the packaging system to *remove* packages
automatically if this is required to satisfy a dependency. A  simple
"upgrade" never removes packages, and this abiity makes "dist-upgrade" a
tool that should be used with caution.