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Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?



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On 08/06/07 14:37, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2007-08-06 08:16:08 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> 
>> Or maybe you now need to file a bug saying that "it" returns 0 even
>> in a failure condition.
> 
> I suggested that as a simple workaround. The maintainer doesn't want
> to change it because some users (running unstable) don't know how to
> disable a package (it may be needed to disable apt-listchanges
> temporarily to fix things). That's quite surprising for users who
> run unstable... Of course, this may need more work from the user,
> but with less risk to break the system.
> 
> But there could be better solutions such as using a wrapper, as
> I suggested first in my bug report:
> 
> When apt-listchanges cannot run (e.g. because of bug 435674), the

The last time that happened to me (6-8 months ago), I dropped
apt-listchanges.  Reinstalled it a few weeks later.

> user misses all the changelog information (which may contain critical
> information, such as some NEWS announcements). So (in particular

Excellent.

> because breakage due to python occurs too frequently), it is important

I still don't have any evidence that python breaks frequently.

> that apt-listchanges runs in a wrapper with few dependencies (e.g.
> only the libc) so that it can warn the user if the changelog/news
> information cannot be displayed and let the user abort the
> installation.

- --
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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