Re: Is there an updates mailing list with change logs?

[Philip Ashmore <contact@philipashmore.com>]

On 15/12/12 21:52, Steven Ayre wrote:
> I use apticron (http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/apticron).
I see one of its dependencies is apt-listchanges.
Its web page (http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt-listchanges) mentions
"When configured as an APT plugin" but I web-surfing doesn't tell me if 
this is done on installation.
I'd like synaptic to present me with a window with the packages in bold 
followed by a paragraph about the changes between the new version and 
the one I have installed.

A note indicating what new packages it requires over the previous 
version (or no longer requires) would be useful too.

I'm hoping a package (or package configuration) does this already, 
otherwise it's a feature request on Synaptic.
> It runs a daily cronjob that does a apt-get update and then emails you 
> if there are any upgrades available. The email includes the recent 
> changeling entries.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On 15 Dec 2012, at 21:28, Philip Ashmore <contact@philipashmore.com 
> <mailto:contact@philipashmore.com>> wrote:
>
> > Hi there.
> >
> > My current work-flow of running synaptic, reloading, marking 
> > upgrades, viewing history, cherry-picking updates I'm interested in 
> > and viewing the changelogs for each, (or if they fail to download, 
> > "gunzip -c xyz/changelog.Debian.gz | less) sucks.
> >
> > Is there an updates list I can subscribe to so that the updates, 
> > complete with the changelog entry for the updates, get mailed to me 
> > when they're available.
> >
> > I realise it's going to depend on their availability on my local 
> > mirror, so as an alternative, could it be bundled with the update, or 
> > available in semantic along side the history entries.
> >
> > I'm just brainstorming here - feedback welcome.
> >
> > Is there a package that does this already?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Philip Ashmore
> >
> >
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Regards,
Philip Ashmore