Subscribe to packages by email

[Matthias Urlichs]

Like subscribing to a bug, I'd like to get notified by email whenever something in a package changes (e.g., new Upstream version, new Ubuntu version, new bugs are filed on it, ...)

Use cases:
- I am the maintainer in Ubuntu and I'd like to see new Upstream patches. (Or vice versa.)
- I am using this program a lot, and I'd like to be informed when somebody finds a bug that might affect me.
- I am the lead UX person for a project, and I want to know when a new version has been uploaded that I should test.

A method to send a quick notice to all subscribers to the package (if you're a maintainer -- probably not a good idea to allow everybody to do that) would be a good idea, too.

[Dafydd Harries (daf)]

There's a specification that covers this:

https://launchpad.net/products/soyuz/+spec/package-subscription

Do you think it addresses your use cases?

[Felipe Lerena (lipe)]

To be able to receive notification of a new package would be great for the ubuntustats project https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-stats