[Reportbug-maint] Bug#806804: Offer to display changelog for newer versions

Anthony DeRobertis anthony at derobert.net
Tue Dec 1 16:58:24 UTC 2015


Package: reportbug
Version: 6.6.5
Severity: wishlist

It'd be nice if at the "newer version found" prompt, you could see the
changelog for the package. This should be easily enough done with
"apt-get changelog packagename=newversion"


-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="vim"
PAGER="less"
VISUAL="gvim -f"
DEBEMAIL="anthony at derobert.net"
DEBFULLNAME="Anthony DeRobertis"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/anthony/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.18"
mode expert
ui text
email "anthony at derobert.net"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (150, 'stable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               1.1~exp16
ii  python            2.7.9-1
ii  python-reportbug  6.6.5
pn  python:any        <none>

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  claws-mail                                 <none>
ii  debconf-utils                              1.5.58
ii  debsums                                    2.1.2
pn  dlocate                                    <none>
pn  emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common    <none>
ii  exim4                                      4.86-6
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent]  4.86-6
ii  file                                       1:5.25-2
ii  gnupg                                      1.4.19-6
ii  python-gtk2                                2.24.0-4
pn  python-gtkspell                            <none>
pn  python-urwid                               <none>
ii  python-vte                                 1:0.28.2-5
ii  xdg-utils                                  1.1.1-1

Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               1.1~exp16
ii  python-debian     0.1.27
ii  python-debianbts  2.6.0
pn  python:any        <none>

python-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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