Hi, Finally, I've prepared apt-listbugs with BTS versioning support. This is a test scenario. You are installing apt-listbugs 0.0.55, and the BTS says there's serious bugs applicable to apt-listbugs which are fixed in 0.0.56; your reaction should be 'I'd wait until tomorrow when the new version hits my mirror'.
$ ls -1 /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-listbugs_0.0.55_all.deb | LC_ALL=C ./apt-listbugs apt Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done serious bugs of apt-listbugs (0.0.55 -> 0.0.55) <done> #334697 - versioned BTS handling (Fixed: apt-listbugs/0.0.56) #323626 - apt-listbugs: unusable with new versioned BTS (Fixed: apt-listbugs/0.0.56) Summary: apt-listbugs(2 bugs) Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...] Interrupted In case you haven't noticed, the '<done>' doesn't mean that the bug is really fixed in the version you're installing, you really need to look at the version of the fixed package. Here's a key information in case you don't already know about it: [bug severity] bugs of [package] ([current version] -> [package version to be installed]) <[status of bug report]> [bug #] - [bug title] [(Fixed: fixed version, if it's fixed in a future version)] Thanks go to the debbugs team for properly implementing the versioned bug tracking system; it's working better than I expected. It should now be possible to run a stable system, and only see what bugs are applicable to the version in the stable-updates (hopefully), module any bugs I have embedded to apt-listbugs. Wishlist features would be: 1. SOAP4R interface uses too much memory, some improvement there would be good. 2. version comparison using Dpkg::compare-versions is forking too much and is slow. 3. apt-listbugs in sarge is broken at the moment; backport? I hope apt-listbugs as of 0.0.57 has become a useful companion to the unstable life of Debian users. regards, junichi -- [EMAIL PROTECTED],netfort.gr.jp} Debian Project -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]