-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:43:40PM +0100, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > > I prefer wajig to other package tools because: > > 1. It has a cli. >
For those out there who are interested in having a CLI interface without having to install Wajig, check out aptsh. > > 2. You can enter a wajig environment (with the prompt wajig> ) without > having to repeat wajig infront of every command. > aptsh again > > 3. on doing wajig>update it tells you how many upgrades you may have (with > aptitude you get no info after updating). > apt-show-versions -u > > 4. wajig's search is more exhaustive than aptitude's (sometimes this is not > a benefit) > Wajig's search is way too exhaustive for my use, if I `wajig search fortunes-debian-hints` for example, I'll get the fortunes-debian-hints package three times (Because I have a mixed testing/unstable/stable system). Plus, aptitude's search is a lot cleaner, more precise, and gives more information (It shows which packages are installed, virtual, cruft, broken, and automatically installed, all without needing extra commands). The purpose of this mail wasn't to start an argument, mind you, but to show that there are ways to do what Wajig does, without Wajig; I just consider it's overhead to be a bit much. Also, for those out there that like aptitude, look into `feta`. Soon I plan on designing a good front-end for aptitude (Or perhaps I'll just work on Aptitude itself, I've yet to decide). Waiting for winter break from college before I start anything. - -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVFVlg6qL2BGnx4QRAgdtAKCuVMjtoZPRhMcxEPAj2btrl9YEfACgoj6u fKzYmxy9DNdWWdcoNi6KI+g= =3RzH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
