On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:53:49 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:

> 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. 
>> And it's only available in 
>> wheezy and in unstable. (D'oh!)

>
> It's not in unstable: https://bugs.debian.org/772785

Oops, you are right! The page I looked at [1] listed it
only for the arm64 architecture, oddly enough.

> I guess it could be reintroduced for mate or xfce, but at least I am not
> volunteering to do the work.

Since even the Gnome folks seem to have no use for it,
it shall rest in peace.

[1] https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=apt-watch&searchon=names&suite=sid&section=all

Regards
Urban