Aptitude included in Maverick by default

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

Chris Jones <chrisjones at comcen.com.au> writes:

> I was discussing this issue with some other members on #ubuntu+1 irc
> just yesterday. Should aptitude be included in Maverick by default?
>
> I can't see any valid reason of why it should be. We already have
> apt-get, dpkg and gdebi.

It might be worth pointing out that aptitude is preferred over apt-get
in Debian [1]:

    The preferred program for package management from the command line
    is aptitude, which can perform the same package management functions
    as apt-get and has proven to be better at dependency resolution.

dpkg is not usable for package management and gdebi only makes
installing local deb packages easier by resolving dependencies.

Regards,
Ansgar

[1] <http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#pkgmgmt>