Re: APT in slink?
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 06:21:53PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > [ CC me I'm not on the list! ]
> >
> > Just curious, what will APT's role in slink be? Will it be actively pushed
> > on the new user (ie included on the base disks) or just be another
> > optional utility?
>
> I plan to include apt in the base disks, if nobody objects. IMHO, with a
> few improvements (nfs and cdrom support, to name my favourites) apt will
> render the other dselect methods obsolete.
Yes, well there are some rather sever problems with the current APT that
rather preclude cdrom support (there is no way for a method to prompt) It
will take quite awhile to get those done..
I could stop fiddling with the GUI (again!) and work on those issues for a
bit.. ??
Jason
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