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On 2014.07.26 00:06, Dylan Leigh wrote:
> The big difference between them from a user POV is that pkg
> still requires a bit of knowledge of ports and how it works
> (what options are, categories etc.) whereas using apt requires
> no knowledge of the Ubuntu package infrastructure or how .deb
> files are built.
Well, to be fair, do .deb packages really have options? It's been a while since
I've used them, but IIRC, if you were to just not tell the user what the
options are, it would be the same as a .deb package.