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Re: Layers for the package manager

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On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Nicolas George wrote:
> There is a feature in Debian that I find missing in Debian, I wonder if
> other people would agree with me.
> 
> I call that feature "layered package manager".

This sounds like you're looking for debtags, which gives you the ability
to subset packages by different tags. (For example, if you wanted all of
the package management tools:

debtags search admin::package-management;

gives you all of the packages which are involved in package management.)


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Layers for the package manager Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-11 20:40 +0100
  Re: Layers for the package manager Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2016-11-11 23:30 +0100
    Re: Layers for the package manager Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-12 21:20 +0100
      Re: Layers for the package manager Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2016-11-12 22:10 +0100
        Re: Layers for the package manager Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-17 11:00 +0100
      Re: Layers for the package manager Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-11-14 18:50 +0100
  Re: Layers for the package manager Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2016-11-15 18:30 +0100
    Re: Layers for the package manager Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-17 10:50 +0100
      Re: Layers for the package manager Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2016-11-17 16:30 +0100

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