On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 09:00:29AM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:38:33 -0400 > Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:03:59PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com > > wrote: > > > Why isn't there a ONE WAY for packages to be managed? > > > > Because each user has a different preference. Just read this thread > > for example, and see all the differing opinions about how we like > > our packages to be managed. > > > > Again, I'm not suggesting ONE tool. I'm suggesting that, for example, > dependency resolution be handled in a specific way by all tools.
I think you underestimate dependency resolution. It is actually an "interesting problem" [1] :-) One of the big differences between apt-get and aptitude is the resolver which is much more sophisticated (which doesn't necessarily mean always "better) in aptitude. Cheers [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02s03.en.html -- t
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