Re: How to know about new/fixed packages in Debian Squeeze ?
replying on my own :-
2010/12/9 shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
> Now this might come as a bit of I don't know what after that nice
> intro. I had tried to install Debian some 4-6 years back and due to it
> being so hard gave up. Then went to Ubuntu sometime and now back.
>
> This background info. is/was necessary as I might ask
> queries/questions coming from that background.
>
> In Ubuntu they have a nice page where the newest packages within a
> release can be known. For e.g. now its Natty (11.04) hence
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty . If I want to distill down I can
> go all the way to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/amd64/+builds (my
> architecture :)) and know which packages were successfully built.
>
> Is there anyway to know the latest packages available within
> testing/Squeeze on some central location/webpage ?
>
> While I can do $sudo apt-get update and get that info. I'm on a mirror
> and mirrors take time to get the files distributed. Also I don't want
> to put any load on the main server and happy downloading a little
> later but would like to know if there is a specific webpage where such
> details can be ascertained.
While there doesn't seem to be anything fixed but the list
debian-testing-changes seems to be quite a bit closer to what I am/was
looking for
http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing-changes/
Does everybody agree ?
>From what I understand for all sense and purposes debian-testing and
Squeeze are practically the same thing.
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Regards,
Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल
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