apt-listbugs, apt-listchanges AND other thoughts

[John Levin]

On 3 Oct 2004, at 11:13, Tim Webster wrote:

> The three best packages in debian are
>
> aptitude -- console version of synaptic, IMHO don't waste your time on 
> synaptic
>

One of the main ideas behind Ubuntu is that the console shouldn't be 
necessary for anything - all configuration should have a gui


> apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges
> I use these to decide whether to install a package or place it on hold.
>

Is there any way of building these into synaptic? there have been a few 
questions on this list about getting information out of synaptic - 
perhaps users want it to be an auditing tool as well as a package 
manager.

John