Re: testing is broken
Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:
> Previously Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > Yes, so let's fix it!
>
> No, apt-get was meant as a debuging tool, not as a full frontend
> to libapt. You need the full interface for a frontend to properly
> do an upgrade, there are too many options for a simple command-line
> tool unless you want it to have more options then gcc and ls.
Oh geez, that's crazy! apt-get is a pretty darn good frontend right
now. It lacks only the ability to notice Suggests, and I already
posted a perfectly good extension of that interface. There are things
apt-get doesn't do real well, but a simple command-line tool actually
already does 90% of the job.
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