On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 03:48:06PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > > I think it would be nice if that function ignored binNMU changelog entries. > > nope, please dont. using changelog entries inconsistently is a recipe > for desaster.
Same. My notes from IRC, so they can last longer: [09:08:42 PM] <nthykier> comments on #934405 is welcome [09:08:45 PM] -zwiebelbot- Debian#934405: debhelper: Please ignore binNMUs in get_source_date_epoch() function - https://bugs.debian.org/934405 [10:53:13 PM] <mapreri> nthykier: well, we used to do that in the past, i.e. using the previous changelog date. But we switched away because it was also causing problems: #843773 [10:53:18 PM] -zwiebelbot- Debian#843773: sbuild should use build date as binnmu changelog date - https://bugs.debian.org/843773 [10:53:45 PM] <mapreri> nthykier: I fear that having debhelper's get_source_date_epoch() do that, would still lead to the same situation it was in the past, leading to that same bug once again, just via a different route. [10:55:06 PM] <mapreri> If I have to express my opinion on this matter, it's a clear case on why keeping the timestamps within file metadata of generated files is mostly a horrible idea and should be removed, instead of normalized. -- regards, Mattia Rizzolo GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18 4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540 .''`. more about me: https://mapreri.org : :' : Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri `. `'` Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia `-
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