On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:08:48AM +0200, Irrwahn wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:46:24 +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
> > If the question was only to be informed, I would use apt-watch. If
> > it is to upgrade my system automatically, I would be afraid it brings in
> > some undesired systemd/gnome/*kit dependency; therefore it isn't
> > something I want.
>
> I'm under the impression that the apt-watch backend basically
> serves as a proxy for "apt-get <command>". And the apt-watch
> frontend is a Gnome applet. (Yuck!) And it's only available in
> wheezy and in unstable. (D'oh!)
It's not in unstable:
https://bugs.debian.org/772785
I guess it could be reintroduced for mate or xfce, but at least I am not
volunteering to do the work.
Meow!
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