why "changes not available"?

[Jimmy Wu]

On 11/13/07, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>
> Very often, when updates are available, the list of changes is "not
> available". Sometimes it can be days before the list of changes becomes
> available. Sometimes I guess never, but I've never waited that long ;-)
>
> A case in point is the broken vmware update (there's a real annoyance,
> it's still hanging around like a bad smell. Who should be told about
> that?), but also recent updates to flac and a few other things today.
> It's quite common.
>
> How come? *Why* are updates made available, with no information about
> them?
>
> Regards, K.
>
> --
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> Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au)                   +61-2-64957160 (h)
> http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/                  +61-428-957160 (mob)
>

I am posting to second Karl's question, as I notice the same thing
frequently.
Would anyone know why?

Thanks,

Jimmy
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Registered Linux User #454138
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