[Aptitude-devel] Bug#468897: Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

[Brendan Byrd]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Daniel Hartwig <mandyke at gmail.com> wrote:
>> (Yes, I know, SMOPs
>> are a lie...)  Let's finally get rid of apt-get and turn them into
>> wrappers.
>
> What? Why?

Well, compare the two:

* aptitude supports a GUI and has CLI commands for its operation.
* apt doesn't have a GUI and has CLI commands for its operation.

Obviously, one of these is better than the other.  There's no point in
having two development teams working on essentially the same thing.
You already pointed out the problem with duplication, and really, apt
is at the center of that problem.

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Brendan Byrd/SineSwiper <SineSwiper at GMail.com>