Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for the installed and availlable package versions and distribution and shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected package.
This is really usefull if you have a mixed stable/testing environment and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be upgraded in testing. This is a perl script I wrote. You can have a look at it at: http://www.uni-mainz.de/~martin/apt-show-versions Christoph