Re: Why not dselect?

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@crosswinds.net>]

>>>>> "Karsten" == kmself  <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes:

    Karsten> on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 11:15:37AM -0600, Brian McGroarty

    Karsten> Con:

    Karsten>   - Presenting a noncollapsible list of 4k packages is Just Plain
    Karsten> Wrong[tm].  Incidentally, capt repeats this mistake, though it's
    Karsten> possible to filter packages.

aptitude gives collapsible lists.

    Karsten> Pro:

    Karsten>   - dselect (as Joey Hess pointed out to me recently) is about the
    Karsten> only convenient way to find out about recently added packages.

aptitude does that too.  aptitude also allows you to tell it when to "forget"
about new packages being new, instead of forgetting once you exit the list.

    Karsten>   - dselect's dependency resolution deals with 'recommends' as
    Karsten> well as 'requires'

aptitude too, except that aptitude has you select the dependencies manually
(which is good or bad, depending on what you like).

(If you can't tell, I really like aptitude.)

Hubert