Bug#1094594: apt: modernize-sources: please add option to output to stdout

[Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.9.26
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine@iki.fi

Thanks to whoever came up with modernize-sources. It greatly simplifies the migration to the 822 format.

This being said, would it be possible to add an option to work on files at arbitrary locations and output them to stdout? This would allow someone to perform a conversion on files for other hosts and then distribute the results manually.

Thanks!
Martin-Éric

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-30-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.137
ii  base-passwd             3.6.6
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2023.4
ii  libapt-pkg6.0t64        2.9.26
ii  libc6                   2.40-6
ii  libgcc-s1               14.2.0-15
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.5-2
ii  libssl3t64              3.4.0-2
ii  libstdc++6              14.2.0-15
ii  libsystemd0             257.2-3
ii  sqv                     1.2.1-5

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20241223

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                      <none>
pn  aptitude | synaptic | wajig  <none>
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.22.14
ii  gnupg                        2.2.46-1
ii  powermgmt-base               1.38

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