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update-manager package

  1. Bug #189406
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 189406

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wes (ttdlx1989) wrote : Re: [Hardy] Update Manager doesn't display package versions anymore

This is a regression. PPA and third party archives don't usually keep a changelog. Changelogs also don't show from which version you're upgrading from.
Therefore, information isn't redundant, or update-manager wouldn't have been patched to include version changes back in breezy/dapper.