Hi,
>
> > You are upgrading from 1.3.5-1 to 1.3.5-1+b1, and you are seeing a bug
> > that is newly discovered at 1.3.5-1
>
> In this case, I don't understand why this is intended: I already have the
> bug, so while I might want to know about it, it won't affect my decision as
> to whether to upgrade.
>
> Hence, it would be sensible to present it in the same way as important
> changelog messages for new packages, but it's not sensible to ask me whether
> or not I want to upgrade.
Ah, okay, I see what you mean now.
You already have 1.3.5-1 installed, and upgrading to 1.3.5-1+b1. The
question you have raised is that "is the newly discovered bug filed
against 1.3.5-1 and not yet fixed by 1.3.5-1+b1 relevant to your
upgrade to 1.3.5-1+b1 ?"
If you've seen the bug report in the past, you won't see it again.
So the question is, if there is a bug which is relevant to the current
version AND the new version, should you know about it.
The answer is, "it depends".
Say, if the bug report is 'The postinst script deletes all of your
harddisk if you install the package at 1AM in the morning', you want
to know about it. If the bug report is 'The package is broken for some
specific case, and not applicable to you', you don't want to know
about it.
However, there is no reasonable way of knowing that beforehand, and
apt-listbugs is leaning on the safer side.
Does this sound reasonable to you?
regads,
junichi
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