Bug#468897: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#468897: Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2012-04-10 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Brendan Byrd wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Daniel Hartwig wrote: > >> Let's finally get rid of apt-get and turn them into wrappers. > > > > What? Why? > > Well, compare the two: > > * aptitude supports a GUI and has CLI commands for its operation. Nope. The GUI has just been dr

Bug#468897: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2012-04-10 Thread Daniel Hartwig
On 10 April 2012 16:46, Brendan Byrd wrote: > There's no point in > having two development teams working on essentially the same thing. The development of apt and aptitude does not significantly overlap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Bug#468897: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2012-04-10 Thread Brendan Byrd
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Daniel Hartwig wrote: >> (Yes, I know, SMOPs >> are a lie...)  Let's finally get rid of apt-get and turn them into >> wrappers. > > What? Why? Well, compare the two: * aptitude supports a GUI and has CLI commands for its operation. * apt doesn't have a GUI and ha

Bug#468897: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2012-04-10 Thread Daniel Hartwig
On 9 April 2012 12:08, Brendan Byrd wrote: > Surely this is a simple matter of > merging code from apt-get into aptitude, right? Such duplication has been a source of problems with aptitude. Ignoring that 'apt-get source' is quite usable, if other frontends are to use this then ideally the code

Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2012-04-08 Thread Brendan Byrd
So, what's the status of this bug? Surely this is a simple matter of merging code from apt-get into aptitude, right? (Yes, I know, SMOPs are a lie...) Let's finally get rid of apt-get and turn them into wrappers. -- Brendan Byrd/SineSwiper -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ

Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2008-03-05 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 11:26:38AM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > In recent times, Aptitude has matured quite nicely and I find myself using > it > > more and more. However, there

Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2008-03-04 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 11:26:38AM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > In recent times, Aptitude has matured quite nicely and I find myself using it > more and more. However, there are two last desirable features from APT that > aren't implemented in Aptitude: fetc

Bug#468897: aptitude: please implement build-dep and source actions from APT

2008-03-02 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.10-1+b2 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In recent times, Aptitude has matured quite nicely and I find myself using it more and more. However, there are two last desirable features from APT that aren't implemented in Aptitude: fetc