[Bug 1981672] Re: apt phased out broken code, missing documentation to opt out

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Julian,

Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> aptitude is not a reliable tool that respects your choices like that
> (its solver will happily suggest solutions violating your wishes; it

I have to object here. It very well respects the user's wishes and
also has a setting where the user can configure it should propose
solutions violating holds and forbids.

> also generally is too happy to remove packages),

Again, this solely depends on your settings.

		Regards, Axel
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Title:
  phased updates API and client for aptitude

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Having the configuration at
  https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phased-updates-in-apt-in-21-04/20345/24
  it fails to work.

  The phased updates get distributed on some hosts anyways for 22.04.

  Please properly document and test this, and provide a working
  configuration to opt out from phased updates.

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