apt-style updates vs. git-style full-tree snapshots
/etc/apt/sources.list talks about squeeze, and squeeze-updates, and squeeze/updates. It also talks about http.us.debian.org and security.debian.org. The manifest for an update includes only the updated packages, not all of squeeze. This gets very confusing. In contrast, the manifest for a git update includes the entire project (though just the updated parts of the manifest are sent over the network), so instead of specifying both branchname and branchname-update, you only have to specify branchname (and if you want a specific version rather than the latest, you can specify branchname-versionnumber).
Would it make sense for apt to work more like git in this regard?
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