Bug#357162: debian-policy: preserve /usr/share/doc/*/* timestamps

2006-03-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
B> 5.1. Time Stamps Oh, so there it was. Perhaps I was looking for "timestamps". In section 12, installed at the discretion of the package maintainer. Text documentation should be installed in the directory `/usr/share/doc/', where is the name of the Perhaps add "and don't forget

Bug#357162: debian-policy: preserve /usr/share/doc/*/* timestamps

2006-03-16 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 03:25:21AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.6.2.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Many /usr/share/doc/*/* file maintainers don't > cp --preserve=timestamps (cp -p) their updates. Thus upon ls -l, > README.blorg looks like it was updated yesterday, w

Bug#357162: debian-policy: preserve /usr/share/doc/*/* timestamps

2006-03-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.6.2.1 > Severity: wishlist > Many /usr/share/doc/*/* file maintainers don't > cp --preserve=timestamps (cp -p) their updates. Thus upon ls -l, > README.blorg looks like it was updated yesterday, when in fact it > hasn'

Bug#357162: debian-policy: preserve /usr/share/doc/*/* timestamps

2006-03-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2.1 Severity: wishlist Many /usr/share/doc/*/* file maintainers don't cp --preserve=timestamps (cp -p) their updates. Thus upon ls -l, README.blorg looks like it was updated yesterday, when in fact it hasn't changed since 2002, upstream or downstream. I recall