[Aptitude-devel] Bug#570377: Bug#570377: aptitude chooses to remove packages instead of upgrading

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2014-02-04 01:29:30 +0800, Daniel Hartwig wrote:
> There is nothing fundamentally better or worse about either removals
> or installs, in some situations you might find this:
> 
>  solution 1: upgrade 20 packages
>  solution 2: remove 1
> 
> Whichever is more preferable in these situations is up to the
> individual user to decide based on whatever particular packages are
> suggested for upgrade, install, or removal—aptitude can not know how
> the user values those individual actions.

Could you explain why, e.g. by giving a practical example?

Because I would say: A remove can be caused by some obsolete package
due to a conflict with the newly installed package (or one of its
dependencies). But in such a case, the remove would occur in *every*
solution. If a package is not obsolete, aptitude should never propose
it for removal when another solution can solve the problem.

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