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Re: future Date: field for Packages files



Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> Regarding a future Date: field for each package in Packages files,
> * Should the field be called Date: or Time:?
> * Should it be like "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:09:30 GMT" or "1061315862"?
> * Should it refer to the time the developer finished wrapping the
>   package, or the time it entered the distribution?
> Those questions are for you implementers to decide.
> I merely look forward the day when one can tell apt-show-versions
> --upgradeable, or grep-available, that one is only interested in
> versions that have been around for more (or less) than X days.

It shouldn't be changed after its signed, or will this not be included in
the deb too?

MfG
        Goswin



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