Code review comment for lp:~evfool/synaptic/ancientfixes
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| Daniel Hartwig (wigs) wrote | # |
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On 17 November 2012 21:27, Daniel Hartwig <email address hidden> wrote:
> Package management is rather complex, it is not likely that there is
> a good metric to decide when to unset this selection and when not—in a
> way that a user can accurately anticipate.
For what its worth, we have had one or two similar reports against
aptitude, but what can you be expected to do when a user types:
$ aptitude install --download-only some-package
and some-package is already downloaded? Ignore --download-only?