Bug#6039: Isn't this fixed by the existence of apt?

[Nathanael Nerode]

I believe that the ancient bug 6039 
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=6039) against dselect 
is fixed by the existence of the 'apt' backend to dselect, which 
apparently does everything the submitter wanted it to.  :-)

Could someone please confirm that this is fixed, and close the bug if it is?