Re: package system: questions, suggestions, alien
>>>> "nix" == nix
<nix(a)esperi.demon.co.uk> writes:
nix> On 21 May 2002, Adrian Aichner stated:
> o When things go wrong, a second release may be required the same
day
> to get out a good release.
nix> Fixable by a sub-day number, viz
nix> 2002.040500 (01, 02, 03...)
Looks like a date to me, why not make it one?
How about ISO8601 compliant 20020405Z1432 (released at 1432 UTC).
nix> I'll make that change to preview-latex now. ;)
> o If we use some date to release mapping I would suggest to base
it on
> UTC date/time, not localtime, to put Australia and California and
> Europe on the same plate.
nix> Of course. (I tend to mean `UTC' when I say `time' or `date'
anyway;
nix> count it up to .uk provincialism... ;) )
Make sure not to switch to summertime, then! :-)
nix> --
nix> `There are not words enough to describe how fucked up imake is.'
nix> --- Peter da Silva
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