Bug#516387: ftp.debian.org: apt-listchanges should be standard
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:35:49 -0500, Ari Pollak wrote: Frank Lichtenheld wrote: It would be nice to know whether that would require elevating some of its dependencies to standard as well. Whoops, it would also require bumping up python-support and python-apt - both of which are pretty small. ping ftpteam? Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516387: ftp.debian.org: apt-listchanges should be standard
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:46:00PM -0500, Ari Pollak wrote: NEWS.Debian has been around for a while (thought not officially documented in policy) as a way to inform users of major changes to the package. The apt-listchanges package is a fairly unintrusive package that intelligently informs people of new NEWS.Debian entries, which may not have been included in release notes or when tracking testing/unstable. Therefore, I recommend adding apt-listchanges to the standard task, so new users will get the appropriate change updates. Experienced users or those who are managing multiple machines can easily uninstall the package or disable it. It would be nice to know whether that would require elevating some of its dependencies to standard as well. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld dj...@debian.org www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516387: ftp.debian.org: apt-listchanges should be standard
Frank Lichtenheld wrote: It would be nice to know whether that would require elevating some of its dependencies to standard as well. Whoops, it would also require bumping up python-support and python-apt - both of which are pretty small. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516387: ftp.debian.org: apt-listchanges should be standard
Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: wishlist NEWS.Debian has been around for a while (thought not officially documented in policy) as a way to inform users of major changes to the package. The apt-listchanges package is a fairly unintrusive package that intelligently informs people of new NEWS.Debian entries, which may not have been included in release notes or when tracking testing/unstable. Therefore, I recommend adding apt-listchanges to the standard task, so new users will get the appropriate change updates. Experienced users or those who are managing multiple machines can easily uninstall the package or disable it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
