Re: smart package manager
>> There is talk about the smart package manager. It claims it will handle
>> package managing better than APT. Is this true or propaganda? If it is
>> true, will there be a future switch from APT to this SMART? Could it be a
>> potential etch +1 goal? Just wondering.
>
> Are you referring to Aptitude ? It's available either in a curses
> display (I think it's curses) or from the command line.
He is probably referring to "smartpm" package:
The Smart Package Manager project has the ambitious
objective of creating smart and portable algorithms for
solving adequately the problem of managing software
upgrading and installation. This tool works in all major
distributions (APT, APT-RPM, YUM, URPMI, etc).
This project is in beta testing. Please, understand that
bugs are expected to be found at that stage, and there
are features that still must be implemented in the
forthcoming future.
It is an interesting project, but I doubt that APT will go away anytime
soon. You do not just go and replace essential parts of the operating
system with some half tested beta software. Maybe one day, but probably
not in Etch+1.
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