Re: New field `Entered-Date' in Packages.gz

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

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> Subject: New field `Entered-Date' in Packages.gz
>  That would be enable the WWW pages to mark the new packages with a
> `[NEW!]'.
>  It look a silly feature, but I think that it would be very useful to
> users. Other package management utilities can take advantage of this field
> too...

But at the moment the file modification date on most mirrors reflects
the "Entered-Date" quite accurately.

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joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
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