Quoting Matthias Klose (2020-03-08 18:40:34) > On 3/7/20 9:41 PM, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > # APT 2.0 > > > > After brewing in experimental for a while, and getting a first outing in > > the Ubuntu 19.10 release; both as 1.9, APT 2.0 is now landing in unstable. > > 1.10 would be a boring, weird number, eh? > > > > Compared to the 1.8 series, the APT 2.0 series features several new > > features, > > as well as improvements in performance, hardening. A lot of code has been > > removed as well, reducing the size of the library. > > $ apt show <somepackage> >/dev/null | cat > > WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in > scripts. > > Is there a roadmap when the CLI interface will become stable?
I would not expect apt to ever get a stable interface for scripting. "man apt" says this in first paragraph of section DESCRIPTION: > apt provides a high-level commandline interface for the package > management system. It is intended as an end user interface and enables > some options better suited for interactive usage by default compared > to more specialized APT tools like apt-get(8) and apt-cache(8). I.e. for scripting, use apt-get instead. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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