Re: Benefits of using aptitude

2007-07-19 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 03:31:28PM -0400, Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I actually keep wondering why apt-get and aptitude are not merged into one > (it looks like it good almost be done by just renaming aptitude to apt-get). Mainly because aptitude is not apt-get. I'm

Re: Benefits of using aptitude

2007-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I actually keep wondering why apt-get and aptitude are not merged > into one (it looks like it good almost be done by just renaming > aptitude to apt-get). See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/06/msg00379.html and the entire thread. Very intere

Re: Benefits of using aptitude

2007-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If one uses only aptitude, there is no problem, but if one mixes the > two commands, then aptitude will eventually get confused and want to > remove vital components. As said before in the original thread, this problem should be solved by now. If you still en

Re: Benefits of using aptitude

2007-07-18 Thread Joe Hart
On Wednesday 18 July 2007 21:31:28 Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Still, if you're used to apt-get, I don't really see a reason to switch. > >> I always recommend aptitude, but never tell users to switch from apt-get > >> on a running system. If I should, please let me know the reasons. > > > > The big

Re: Benefits of using aptitude

2007-07-18 Thread Jim Crossley
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 07:10:17AM +, Silke Suck wrote: > >> Still, if you're used to apt-get, I don't really see a reason to switch. >> I always recommend aptitude, but never tell users to switch from apt-get >> on a running system. If I should,

Re: Benefits of using aptitude

2007-07-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Still, if you're used to apt-get, I don't really see a reason to switch. >> I always recommend aptitude, but never tell users to switch from apt-get >> on a running system. If I should, please let me know the reasons. > The biggest benefit (at least until the new apt) would be the automatic >