Re: Slink not installable from CDs
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 06:48:24PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> > Are we going to include "apt" in the base system? Its package
> > ordering feature (and a few others) obsoletes the other methods, but
> > currently apt doesn't work with mountable media. A "multi-cdrom-apt"
> > method should be added quick.
>
> NO! It does not _obsolete_ other methods. It add new methods. I would
> begin to hate somebody if it would replace e.g. the ftp method. Apt and
> apt-get are some more alternatives. They don't replace existing tools.
Most of the older methods should be removed. I installed hamm using the
CD-ROM method (seemed logical enough) and it tediously went through _all_
the packages on the CD in randomly-ordered dpkg -iGROEB fashion. APT
functionality really does obsolete that.
Choice is good, but when the choice is between "slow and inferior" and
"faster and better" there really isn't much point. APT isn't a tradeoff,
merely an improvement.
That said, multi-CD support in APT would make me an extremely happy
camper...
Have fun,
Avery
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