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Downgrade is the new upgradeDowngrade is the new upgradePosted Dec 22, 2011 11:35 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Downgrade is the new upgrade by jrw Parent article: Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin
What I'm asking for is something in-your-face when there's an expected loss of functionality.The irony is that text-mode updates have had this for something like ten years, thanks to apt-listchanges' NEWS-file reporting. Graphical package managers don't seem to have caught up.
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Downgrade is the new upgrade Posted Dec 22, 2011 13:33 UTC (Thu) by jrw (subscriber, #69959) [Link] I'll have to look into scripting a replacement using apt/dpkg. Thanks for the heads up!
Downgrade is the new upgrade Posted Dec 22, 2011 21:29 UTC (Thu) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link]
Synaptic (and I think update-manager too?) can/will show (part?) of the changelog if you actually want to read it.
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