Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

[Myk Taylor <myk@ucla.edu>]

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I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that "if it's new
(and acceptably stable), I want it".  I agree that a comprehensive list
of fixed bugs and new features would be nice for each updated package,
but I imagine that it would be unwelcome extra work for the port
maintainers.

Especially handy would be if I were updating from version x to version y
of a particular package and emerge would tell me the functional delta
between those two versions.

If there's a package I'm particularly interested in (or dubious about),
 I'll venture over to its homepage to check out the changelist when it
gets updated, but I usually defer to the wisdom of the portage and
package maintainers.

- --myk

danielhf@21cn.com wrote:
> portage reminds me of updating packages frequently,
> i have to decide what to update, and if it's worth downloading?
> 
> is there a easy way to see "what's new" of those packages to be
> updated? the ChangeLog within /usr/portage/xxx-xxx/ make no sense to me.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> regards 
> daniel..
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