Bug#15946: [PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved
[PROPOSED] 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.
I am now looking for seconds for this proposal.
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[PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> $Revision: 1.1 $
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