From: cjwatson <>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:51:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: aptitude safe-upgrade
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aptitude safe-upgrade
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diff --git a/debian/2007-11-29-safe-upgrade.txt b/debian/2007-11-29-safe-upgrade.txt
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+aptitude safe-upgrade
+
+<p><a href="http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/debian/2007112801-dist-upgrade-hints.html">Erich</a>:
+I do sometimes wonder why we don't relax the definition of "safe" upgrades
+to include installing new packages but still not removing old ones. I know
+that many of my uses of dist-upgrade are just for when something grows a new
+dependency that I didn't previously have installed.</p>
+
+<p>(Of course this wouldn't always help as it wouldn't account for a new
+dependency that conflicted with an old dependency, but never mind. It would
+certainly do wonders for the metapackage case.)</p>