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From: sam@debian.org
Subject: Illogical order chosen
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1
Severity: wishlist

I would suggest that we change the phrasing of the "Preparing to replace ..."
line, which for now looks like:

Preparing to replace libaudiofile0 0.1.5-3 (using libaudiofile0_0.1.5-4.deb)

As you can see, the new file (the "important" one) is in parenthesis, while
the "non-important" info (the version being removed) appears clearly.
This is counter-intuitive, and the eyes will see the old version first.

  Sam

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.1
Kernel Version: Linux zaphod 2.1.130 #1 Wed Dec 2 10:56:23 CET 1998 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii  libc6           2.0.7.19981211 GNU Libc: shared libraries
ii  libstdc++2.8    2.90.29-2      The GNU stdc++ library (old egcs version)
ii  ncurses3.4      1.9.9g-8.11    Video terminal manipulation - shared librari