Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-11-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 02:05:14AM +, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > [PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved > -- > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > $Revision: 1.1 $ [.

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-31 Thread James Troup
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Maintainers are encouraged to preserve the modification times of > >> the upstream source files in a package, to the extent possible. > > James> This is pedantry, but is "to the extent possible" really the > James> best possible wording? > >

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
James Troup wrote: >Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Maintainers are encouraged to preserve the modification times of >> the upstream source files in a package, to the extent possible. > >This is pedantry, but is "to the extent possible" really the best >possible wo

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi >>"James" == James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Maintainers are encouraged to preserve the modification times of >> the upstream source files in a package, to the extent possible. James> This is pedantry, but is "to the extent pos

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread David Frey
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 02:05:14AM +, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > This has been already presented to the list and had been accepted, but > Christian did not have time to actually edit the file. Seconded. David

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread James Troup
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maintainers are encouraged to preserve the modification times of > the upstream source files in a package, to the extent possible. This is pedantry, but is "to the extent possible" really the best possible wording? It doesn't sound right to me in

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ian> Could you please clarify exactly what text you want to add to the Ian> policy manual ? == Time Stamps Maintainers are encouraged to preserve the modification times o

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava writes ("Bug#15946: [PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved"): ... > 1. time stamps should be preserved > -- > > This has been already presented to the list and had been accepted, but > Christian did not have

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread Martin Mitchell
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. time stamps should be preserved > -- > > 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 `tou

Bug#15946: PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 02:05:14AM +, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > [PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved > According to a recent discussion on debian-policy on this subject we > consider this topic as `nice-to-have', but without priority. > Maintainers are enco

Bug#15946: [PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved

1998-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
[PROPOSED] time stamps should be preserved -- Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $Revision: 1.1 $ Copyright Notice Copyright © 1998 by Manoj Srivastava.