upgrades

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Fri, 9/26/08, Ken McLennan <kenrmcl at aapt.net.au> wrote:

> From: Ken McLennan <kenrmcl at aapt.net.au>
> Subject: Re: upgrades
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 6:49 AM
> G'day there Leonard,
> 
> > Mario, Thanks for the clarification.  I'll
> remember to use and tell about update manager and read the
> links.  Still wonder about use of synaptic and adept in kde
> for version upgrades but maybe the links will address this
> or some more knowledgable kde user will chime in.
> > Thanks again for the clarification,
> >   
>     I hardly think that I'm more knowledgeable than
> most people, but I 
> always thought that it wouldn't matter what window
> manager/desktop 
> environment you used. Synaptic and adept update whatever
> you have 
> installed. If you use Gnome then it updates Gnome packages;
> if you use 
> KDE then it updates KDE packages; if you use XFCE then it
> updates XFCE 
> packages; if you use FVWM...   (I think you can see where
> this is heading).
> 
>     The idea is that you update your Ubuntu installation in
> toto, not 
> portions of it on an ad-hoc basis. The "Update
> Manager" manages your 
> update and deals with whatever packages you have installed.
> At one time 
> I had Gnome and KDE installed simultaneously and had no
> problems with 
> updating. Everything was handled correctly with no
> problems. Of course, 
> it took AAAAGES to download so many packages, but I blame
> that on my ISP 
> and my poverty (can't afford a faster connection
> <g>).
> 
> See ya
> Ken
> 

G'day there Ken,

Not sure what exactly you are saying. If your saying that update manager updates all desktop versions for a dist-(full)upgrade then I understand(know) that. Of course any packagee manager does this.
If you are saying that synaptic, adept doesn't do that which I think is not the case then I'm confused. I've used them both and they upgrade both kde and gnome.
My real question is "Does not synaptic or adept do version upgrades as well as update-manager handling all the dependencies adequately".  Most or many people at least recommend using synaptic for upgrading as it's supposed to handle dependencies well. Is there any package manager that does just as well as update-manager is the question?

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net