quoting from Martin Pitt's email to ubuntu-devel
"Re: Lack of change description on update-manager"
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> As a user, I would ask developers & packagers to alwasy provide the
> "changed" information for all packages that are updated. I know that it's
> something difficult to do, and that it involves a lot of work; but it's
> something that makes a lot of difference, because I have now to update
> packages as a matter of trust, without knowing what was really changed.
I totally agree. I fact it's already set up for a loong time and works
quite well, but there is a certain delay involved.
changelogs.ubuntu.com usually lags behind about half a day, so you
usually don't see them if you pull timely security updates. However,
there will always be an USN for updates in main (see [2], if you are
concerned about it, you should definitively subscribe[3].
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"Re: Lack of change description on update-manager"
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> As a user, I would ask developers & packagers to alwasy provide the
> "changed" information for all packages that are updated. I know that it's
> something difficult to do, and that it involves a lot of work; but it's
> something that makes a lot of difference, because I have now to update
> packages as a matter of trust, without knowing what was really changed.
I totally agree. I fact it's already set up for a loong time and works ubuntu. com usually lags behind about half a day, so you
quite well, but there is a certain delay involved.
changelogs.
usually don't see them if you pull timely security updates. However,
there will always be an USN for updates in main (see [2], if you are
concerned about it, you should definitively subscribe[3].
Martin
[1] http:// changelogs. ubuntu. com/changelogs/ pool/main/ x/xinit/ xinit_1. 0.1-0ubuntu3. 1/ /lists. ubuntu. com/archives/ ubuntu- security- announce/ 2006-October/ 000414. html /lists. ubuntu. com/mailman/ listinfo/ ubuntu- security- announce ------- ----quote ends--- ------- ------- ----
[2] https:/
[3] https:/
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I think one should find a solution to the half-day lag of changelogs. ubuntu. com