Bug#381221: ITP: dpkg-view -- View the contents of .deb packages without root access

[Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>


* Package name    : dpkg-view
  Version         : 0.0.2
  Upstream Author : Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
* URL             : http://dpkg-view.alioth.debian.org
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : View the contents of .deb packages without root access

 Simple read-only viewer of .deb package files for Gnome.
 Accepts package locations on the command line to support
 the 'open' command in various file managers, one window
 for each package. Displays Debian control information, 
 patch details and details of the files that would be 
 installed (names, sizes and locations). Packages do not
 need to be installed to be viewed.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)