Re: we need a release announcement -- soon [source material]
> * Count up number of packges that have been updated upstream.
> Actually, I just did this, and between slink and potato:
> - 792 source packages were updated to new upstream versions
> - 626 source packages stayed at the same upstream version
> - 1236 new source packages, including these (trying to pick
> well-known or important ones):
> . postfix
> . openldap
> . debbugs, jitterbug
> . w3m
> . ruby
> . lm-sensors
> . gdm
> . cvsup
> . everybuddy
> . tidy
> . xplanet
> . zope
> . xmms
> . logrotate
> . kaffe
> . gnome-napster, gnapster, gnap
> . and 56 new games!
Would it be useful to have per-package NEWS info? Each developer would
compare the slink and potato versions of his software and would send a short
text with important changes somewhere...
Like this:
lftp - Now supports: HTTP, IPv6, FTP over http proxy and ASCII mode.
(this is the real `changelog' between slink and potato lftp).
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