Bug#15946: [AMENDMENT 98.11.01] time stamps should be preserved
[AMENDMENT 98.11.01] time stamps should be preserved
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
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1. time stamps should be preserved
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This has been already presented to the list and had been accepted, but
Christian did not have time to actually edit the file.
Most of our packages `touch' files in the packaging process (that is,
the modification time of the files gets reset to the current time). It
would be nice if the modification time of the upstream source would be
preserved.
For example, you could recognize that some documentation is very old
by looking at the modification time. (Of course, this only works if
the upstream maintainer kept the original modification time.)
According to a recent discussion on debian-policy on this subject we
consider this topic as `nice-to-have', but without priority.
Maintainers are encouraged to keep the original time stamps, though.
1.1. Deadline for tabling the discussion
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I decided to use a minimal period for discussion of one week, seeing
that the discussion has already been held on this issue for a length
of time. This means that the discussion on this proposal ends on
November 7th, 1998.
1.2. People Seconding the Proposal
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1. J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl>
2. David Frey <david@eos.lugs.ch>
3. Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
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[AMENDMENT 98.11.01] time stamps should be preserved
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> $Revision: 1.2 $
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