how do I know which changes are in the updates?

[Guido Heumann]

Mario Streiber schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> all these updatable packages that synaptic shows me, how do I know what has changed compared to the version I currently have installed? I mean is there some changelog available that I can read before downloading or installing these packages, in order to find out if I really need the newer version?
> 
> Mario
> 

Hi,

in synaptic you can select a package and then choose "download
changelog" from the "package" menu. There's also a tool called
apt-listbugs, and the web archive of the hoary-changes mailinglist:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hoary-changes/


HTH,
Guido