[ for -devel: this is a reply to a post to debian-apache, please see https://lists.debian.org/debian-apache/2016/02/msg00004.html ]
Hi Eric, I think your message would be better addressed to the debian-devel mailing list, who I have copied in to this reply so that more Debian Developers are aware of it. (There's also the Apt developer's mailing list at the harder-to-discover de...@lists.debian.org who I have not copied in, as they are likely all on -devel anyway) Personally (although I am not an Apt developer) I think it sounds like an interesting idea, and there is some precedent as APT was the basis of the "Fink" package management system for Apple Mac OS X. Not re-inventing the wheel is a very good idea, lots of package management problems have been discovered and solved with APT already (and it's sad to see things like Ruby gems, Go packages etc. re-discover the very same problems over and over again) -- Jonathan Dowland
