what do you want to see in future apt versions ?

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 07:21:03PM -0400, Little Girl wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> Colin Law wrote:
> 
> >As I understand it dist-upgrade was changed to full-upgrade in an
> >attempt to remove at least some of the confusion which undeniably did
> >(and to some extent still does) exist.  dist-upgrade does tend to
> >suggest that the distribution may be changed, whereas full-upgrade is
> >intended to suggest that everything is upgraded.  It can still be
> >mis-interpreted however.  I have yet to see any suggestion that is
> >clear and unambiguous.
> 
> The confusion isn't with the dist or full part, but with the upgrade
> part. Why does it have to use upgrade at all? Why couldn't it be
> dist-update or full-update, which would be far less likely to lead
> anyone to think it will upgrade their system to the next release of
> Ubuntu (or one of its flavors)?
> 
Because 'update' has historically at least always meant 'update the
lists' in preparation for 'upgrade'.  I.e. it's a way of showing you
what's available for upgrading.

-- 
Chris Green