From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ds1Wj-0008D9-S7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:53:06 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6BGp2UW017227; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:51:02 GMT Received: from sj-iport-3.cisco.com (sj-iport-3-in.cisco.com [171.71.176.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6BGfr28015946 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:41:54 GMT Received: from sj-core-5.cisco.com (171.71.177.238) by sj-iport-3.cisco.com with ESMTP; 11 Jul 2005 09:42:29 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.93,279,1115017200"; d="scan'208"; a="300714096:sNHT1253951614" Received: from xbh-rtp-211.amer.cisco.com (xbh-rtp-211.cisco.com [64.102.31.102]) by sj-core-5.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j6BGg6Vn018572 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:42:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xfe-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com ([64.102.31.38]) by xbh-rtp-211.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:42:15 -0400 Received: from [64.101.185.94] ([64.101.185.94]) by xfe-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:42:14 -0400 Message-ID: <42D2A166.3060004@cisco.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:42:14 -0500 From: Roy Wright User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050327) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages? References: <20050711123427.GA2457@daniel> <42D29C4C.409@ucla.edu> In-Reply-To: <42D29C4C.409@ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jul 2005 16:42:14.0838 (UTC) FILETIME=[7E30D560:01C58637] X-Archives-Salt: 9ba2981b-e5be-403f-bc38-fb5edb82312d X-Archives-Hash: 31a1a1489f39492dff5257b98f2e08ba emerge --pretend --changelog will display the change log(s). I usually do emerge -uDNv world -pl then if I like it, just delete the -pl to do the merge. Have fun, Roy Myk Taylor wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >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.. >> >> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFC0pxMBOPsJyAQkeARAsvEAJ9RWQ9LBWOdXJpBsesgfJP2wOBtBgCbBU0m >7LtGA+VdldKj/sxxrjlMtzg= >=NhMW >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list