what do you want to see in future apt versions ?

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Chris Green wrote:
>Little Girl wrote:

>> 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.

That's a shame. I suspect there's no alternative but for this to
remain a point of confusion. It seems unlikely that there will be an
elegant naming convention that would be clear enough to fend off
fears of unintentionally upgrading to a new operating system release
as long as "upgrade" remains in the command. I'm going to give it
another try, though:

How about these for the lists?

apt update-list
apt-get update-list

How about these for the packages?

apt update-packages
apt-get update-packages

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Little Girl

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