[maemo-developers] Aptitude for Maemo

[From: Denis Dimick]

I'm thinking that aptitude is more like having to drive the Porsche onto a
flatbed truck, drive the truck where you need to go, and unload the Porsche.
apt-get, apt-cache and dpkg will so things much faster the loadin Aptitude
and hunting for the app you want to install, de-install.

denis
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Nathan Summers <rockwalrus at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Kamen Bundev <bundyo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Aptitude is just another frontend for apt. There is already one apt-based
> > application manager in the distribution, every other is just waste of
> > precious space.
>
> This is like saying that a Porsche is just another box with wheels on
> it, so if you already own an apple cart, a Porsche is just a waste of
> garage space.
>
> Rockwalrus
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