Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 05/29/08 08:01, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: >> Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I usually run 'apt-show-versions | grep -v uptodate' to find them. The >>> remaining list is short enough to be analyzed manually. >> I don't think normal users do that - and users shouldn't expect to >> install Priority: optional packages to get a list of things that are not >> supported anymore by their distribution. > Why not? IOW, why shouldn't "normal users" be expected to expend a > little effort to maintain their system?
Because this task can easily be automated. Forcing people to do things
manually that should be done by the package management sucks.
Marc
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