Hello all,<br><br>I recently noticed that it's relatively common for update packages to have no mention about what's changed when a new package version is released. Tonight, before updating my Dapper box, I tried to check the state of the three packages that were offered to me as upgrade. They are:
<br><br>1) xinit (1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1)<br>2) wine (0.9.23~winehq0~ubuntu~6.06-1)<br>3) libwine (0.9.23~winehq0~ubuntu~6.06-1)<br><br>There are no "changed" information for all three packages, as presented by the update-manager application. I believe this is not what is supposed to be happening. As it stands, I'm left to peruse the original sites (where new versions are supposedly deployed) to check what's new. However this will not help, because the change may be limited to the packaged version (example: a new compile with different options); or worse, Ubuntu version may have applied just a bunch of patches, and it will not be fully in sync with the latest version from the original developer.
<br><br>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.
<br><br>Thanks for all the attention,<br><br>-- <br>Carlos Ribeiro<br>Consultoria em Projetos<br>blog: <a href="http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com">http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com</a><br>blog: <a href="http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com">
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