Some ideas about APT functionality

[Mike]

Hi everyone!

I think, my idea is not new.
As long as "apt" utility wraps around "apt-get" and "apt-cache", could
it please also wrap around "alien", in case if it is installed? So
that we could install rpm-packages via "apt install", or even
slackware ones(thus with no dependencies), with ignoring dependencies
on demand, if needed, and satisfying the ones that are possible to -
from apt repos.
This option should provide much more interoperability between
different Linux distros. Say, some enterprise software is only
available in rpm-packages, but the binaries inside are runnable on any
Linux x86_64 system, you can just unpack them or install with "alien".

Today, to properly install rpm-packages on my laptops, I'm running
"alien --to-deb --verbose --install $PACKAGE", so it could be a
low-hanging fruit to get integrated to "apt" utility.

Architecturally, it could be an install-time/inplace package
conversion and analyze, just to simplify the people's lives.

Thanks in advance!