what do you want to see in future apt versions ?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 15:32:34 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
>'apt dist-upgrade' works perfectly well, I just tried it.  The apt man
>page doesn't bother to tell you that it's the same thing which is a
>pity.

Be careful! It's reasonable, not a pity and explained by the apt manual
page:

"[snip]
Much like apt itself, its manpage is intended as an end user interface
and as such only mentions the most used commands and options partly to
not duplicate information in multiple places and partly to avoid
overwhelming readers with a cornucopia of options and details.

       update (apt-get(8))
       [snip]

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(8), apt-cache(8), sources.list(5), apt.conf(5),
       apt-config(8), The APT User's guide in /usr/share/doc/apt-doc/,
       apt_preferences(5), the APT Howto.

[snip]" - http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/apt.8.html