On 07/10/13 23:04, Bill Allombert wrote: > I am concerned that in the event a package is removed from testing, > the people most interested with restoring the package will miss the > removal, since the package will stay installed on their systems. > This, then, cause stable releases to be missing packages that users > are depending on, which reduce the value of the distribution.
`aptitude search '?obsolete'` is useful after upgrading a system to a new stable release, a trick I learned from: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/02/07/debian-cleanup-tip-2-get-rid-of-obsolete-packages/ Not directly related to this: a side effect of running debsecan is that if I see security issues accumulating for some package, I would likely check the PTS to see why it remains unfixed, or decide to remove or replace the package with something else that's still maintained. So if `aptitude search '?obsolete'` was run periodically, like debsecan, it could email the system admin when new items appear on the obsoletes list. I imagine that'd be a good way to notify of the situation being described here? Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52549549.1050...@pyro.eu.org
