=== modified file 'UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py'
--- UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py	2008-09-05 17:49:01 +0000
+++ UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py	2008-09-15 20:12:06 +0000
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
         # stip epoch
         l = string.split(srcver,":")
         if len(l) > 1:
+            srcver_epoch = srcver
             srcver = "".join(l[1:])
 
         try:
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@
             if lock.locked():
                 self.all_changes[name] = [alllines, srcpkg]
         except urllib2.HTTPError,e:
+            if srcver_epoch:
+                srcver = srcver_epoch
             if lock.locked():
                 self.all_changes[name] = [
                     _("The list of changes is not available yet.\n\n"

=== modified file 'debian/changelog'
--- debian/changelog	2008-09-15 17:46:53 +0000
+++ debian/changelog	2008-09-15 20:28:32 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 update-manager (1:0.93.16) intrepid; urgency=low
 
+  [ Michael Vogt ]
   * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
     - automatically add "relatime" to the mount options
       of ext2/ext3
@@ -7,6 +8,10 @@
     - fix the removal of obsolete kernel packages when the 
       old kernel abi package gets removed from -update and/or
       -security
+  [ Brian Murray ]
+  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:
+    - preserve epoch in package version for changelogs at 
+      launchpad.net (LP: #270527)
 
  --