On Monday 11 April 2005 03:14 am, Ron Johnson wrote: > Then why was aptitude written? Why not send patches against apt-get > and dselect?
The correct question is why not send patches against console-apt, which you youngsters might not remember ;-). In fact, I did exactly that -- I sent about two patches to fix problems with it before deciding that the design was fundamentally flawed and there was a better way to do things. (hey, hubris is one virtue of a programmer, right? :) ) Daniel -- /------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------\ | Will the last person to leave the Universe please | | turn off the lights and close the door? | \--------------------- A duck! -- http://www.python.org --------------------/
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