Re: How can I learn what packages are "new"?

[Aaron Hall <lisps@vitaphone.net>]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Nano Nano wrote:

> How can I learn what packages are new in the repository after a certain
> date?  Sometimes I comment out my http:// sources and just use my local
> file:/ source, but then when I uncomment them all of Sid is new.  If I
> forget to "forget new" before my next apt-get update, I can't tell
> what's new and what's old new.

This isn't a direct answer to your question, I don't think, but if you
read the Debian Weekly News, there's a listing of new packages added to
the archive every week.

See: http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/

- Aaron

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