On 17-Dec-01, 07:58 (CST), Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Steve Greenland wrote: > > It would be very useful (IMO) to have it in a place that allows it to > > be put in the packages file and/or on the website. Having to install > > a package (or grope around on the ftp site) to see how old it is is > > tedious. > > ar p foo.deb data.tar.gz | tar zxf - ./usr/share/doc/foo/changelog.Debian.gz > | less
I didn't make myself clear. I want to be able to see the date the package was built in the Packages file (so it can show up in dselect/aptitued/et. al. )and/or on the pages at packages.debian.org. When I'm making a choice about which of several functionally similar packages to install, I prefer to avoid three year packages with a version number of 0.0.1 -- I can be pretty sure they aren't maintained. Even more useful is would be access to the changelog w/o downloading the whole .deb (There used to be a "view changlog" link on the package web pages, but it never[1] worked and has disappeared.) I know how to find out once I've got the .deb. But downloading emacs to read the changelog is pretty tedious. Steve -- Steve Greenland
