Good idea, download but not install, extract changelog. Within current possibilities that seems to be the best option.
As I see it, it would not be a great deal for Canonical/Debian to create online combined Changelog information per repository of all updates. It would just be another cron job. But... You said it, the info is in the packages. If the packages are ready for downloading, Canonical/Debian can generate a changelog. And before updating, get the XML changelog, parse it, show it and the administrator can make his choices via a number of interfaces. Something like http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/LucidChanges?format=xml ? More structure would be preferable and the right packages ofcourse. But I agree with you, apt might not be the right place. Any suggestions where I could drop this request ? I feel it would be a great addition and add to the professionality of both distributions. -- Changelog before upgrading? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
