Packaging tools unification

[MadMan2k]

I just crashed my xserver by upgrading breezy and had to work with the 
console instead of synaptic.
And this is when I noticed how circumstantial it actually is to be 
forced to use a bunch of tools to manage
the packages;

You've got apt-cache for searching, apt-get for reprository install dpkg 
for offline install, dpkg-reconfigure for customising aso.
IMO it would be much more comfortable to have just apt for everything. 
(including repro support for local packages)

the syntax could look like that:
apt search <package>
apt install <package>
apt reconfigure <package>

it should be quite easy to achieve this by simply adding some wrapping 
layer - although a real unification would be
more efficient.

m2k