Re: Freshness of packages

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 09/14/2005 02:10 PM, Tong wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> Is there any way to know how fresh are the packages? 
> 
> Ie, say I'm running Debian Testing, and notice that a bunch of packages
> need to be upgraded, is there any way for me to know how long have those
> packages been in Debian Testing repository? 
> 
> Thanks

http://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html
Enter package name.  View  Latest News.  Note the package appears in the
archive and mirrors soon after the date of the email for the version
desired.  I'm sure there's a more elegant answer as well.

Ralph