On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 21:05:48 -0400 Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Deep thoughts: > > Debian docs seem to say that apt-get is best for significant upgrades. > > Why? Because it handles large numbers of simultaneous package upgrades better. > > But that aptitude is best for daily package management. > > Why? > Because it has more intelligent dependency handling, and will offer various partial solutions when apt-get will just want to remove large numbers of packages. When faced with hundreds of packages to sort out dependencies for, aptitude can take a very long time to find an answer, by which I mean hours rather than minutes. > So, if apt-get is for non-trivial upgrades, then why not for daily > use? > > And if aptitude is preferred for daily, use, why not for serious > upgrades? > > Not efficient to have multiple choices. Debian, please choose one and > deprecate the others. > > I patiently await your hate mail. > It *is* efficient to have more than one alternative. It is not efficient to have more than one *identical* alternative, and the various Debian package tools are not identical. Should there be only one web browser, only one email client, etc? Only one operating system? -- Joe
