[Sks-devel] Re: problem with Debian squeeze

[Matthew Palmer]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 03:22:22PM +0100, Gabor Kiss wrote:
> > > Meanwhile Christoph Martin (Debian package maintainer) also replied
> > > and it seems that some warning should be displayed during
> > > the upgrade.
> > > Unfortunately I could see nothing like this.
> > > This is the source of confusion.
> > 
> > You need to install apt-listchanges for this to work. This package is
> > installed in a default install nowdays, but you might have installed
> > your system before it became priority "standard" or you explicitly
> > deselected the standard task during installation.
> 
> Eeeeer... maybe I misunderstand something but as far as if
> somebody installs this as apt plugin he will get a lot of information
> displayed for every upgraded package. Then he must press some keys
> to go on.
> This may be useful on ordinary days when upgrading a few packages only
> but seems to be pointless on distribution upgrade. Who will read 1-2
> thousands of changelog and NEWS files? :-o

Anyone who wants to properly manage their systems.

- Matt