On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > > Say, perhaps a "Date:" field could be added to Packages files. > > I mean even dog food has the date stamped on it these days. > > Even my crumby message has a Date: field. > > Sure, as your eyes scan the MD5sum: field, the package's DNA is > > registered in your brain. But us old fashioned types would still like > > a Date: field. > > > Well Jacobson, the date can be clearly seen at http://.../pool/n/norbowitz > > But Mom said no more searching the web for dates, so now I'm offline. > > Even offline, files have time stamps in most modern filesystems out there. > Just remember to keep it when you download the Packages files, as it's > usually as available as the file itself.
Timestamp of the .ar members.
