Re: Bug#131623 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#131623: apt: apt should include a sane defaulte /etc/apt/preferences for clueless users)
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> writes:
> I'm not going to invalidate that concept by jamming something in the
> preferences file or into apt.conf, especially if the reason is "users
> can't read docs" :P
How about a sample file then, in /usr/share/doc/apt?
I'm a really smart guy and very competent, and it was not at all
obvious for me to figure out how to make a configuration file that did
these simple sorts of things with asking people and seeing examples.
Perhaps one could be provided so that developers could point users at
it who want to get pinned partial upgrades to a newer version?
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