On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:26:56 +0000 Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote:
Ummm, no. dget is a very useful tool with very different use cases
from apt-get - particularly when grabbing source packages.
Leave it alone.
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Hi
Adding some context to Steve's mail.
One use-case that `dget` offers that `apt-get source` does not is the
ability to download a `.dsc` plus related files from "non-Debian
mirrors" (such as but not limited to mentors.debian.net) without
requiring archive metadata such as Sources + Release.
This use-case is `dget https://.../foo_version.dsc` rather than `dget foo`.
Best regards,
Niels
