Bug#780700: /usr/bin/apt: provide a "source" command

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:00:11AM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> Control: tag -1 wontfix
> 
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 04:21:56PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 1.0.9.7
> > Severity: wishlist
> > File: /usr/bin/apt
> > 
> > The new "apt" command should have a subcommand to download sources,
> > similar to "apt-get source".
> 
> The 'apt' tool is not meant to replace the other tools, only to
> provide an easier to use frontend for average users. I don't think
> a source command fits that target audience.

I don't think it makes sense to replace *all* the other apt tools, but
at the moment, the apt tool almost completely supercedes apt-get, with
(as far as I can tell) the one exception being the "source" command.  In
addition, apt has more user-friendly defaults, and those defaults would
apply to downloading sources as well.

- Josh Triplett