On 2015-04-13, Jape Person <jap...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the 
> deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. I think these are tools that 

They don't?  Is that documented somewhere?

> Debian users should be encouraged to use. At the least they provide a 
> bit of a heads-up to the unwary during installations and upgrades.

I used apt-listbugs when I ran testing to avoid unpleasant surprises
(you just hold off on upgrading a day or two, and the surprise usually
goes away of its own accord).

For stable I don't see the point.

> But I do get your point.
>

Depends what flavor (stable, testing, experiemental) of Debian
you're running, IMHO.


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