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Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?



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On 08/06/07 04:18, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2007-08-05 23:01:24 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> On 08/05/07 20:33, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>>> On 2007-08-05 17:46:41 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>> python-apt broke, and was fixed soon after.  Unless you are running
>>>> Stable, you are supposed to tolerate this kind of activity.
>>> These kinds of answers really become annoying.
>> The truth sometimes is.  You *really* ought to read the Unstable FAQ.
>>
>> http://wooledge.org/~greg/sidfaq.html
>>
>> Especially question #5.
>>
>> http://wooledge.org/~greg/sidfaq.html#5
> 
> Please, could you make constructive answers? I know that things can
> break. But they are ways to work around them (have you heard of fault
> tolerance?).

Your original question was woefully lacking in detail.

>              I've reported the problem. The bug was tagged as wontfix
> because the maintainer of the package doesn't care that things can
> break in other packages and prefers to return with an exit status of 0
> even if the program failed (which is against what an exit status is
> meant for).

Maybe you filed the bug against the wrong package?

What package did you file it against?  apt?

Or maybe you now need to file a bug saying that "it" returns 0 even
in a failure condition.

>> How diligently did you look for a better solution?  What were your
>> results?  Telling us that in your OP, along with bug #435674 tells
>> us that you are serious instead of a whiney Windows escapee.
> 
> You are getting ridiculous. FYI, I don't use Windows and have never
> used Windows. If you don't have constructive remarks, please shut up.

Next time, ask a better question.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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