>>>>> On , 01 Apr 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote:

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Since EAPI 3 is on the agenda already, I would ask the council to
consider inclusion of "mtime preservation" (see bug 264130, and the
thread "Preserving mtimes for EAPI3" in this ML).

The proposal comes in two variations (to be decided upon):
  a) "mtimes fixup" and preservation of mtimes when merging are both
     mandatory. (This would require changes in all package managers.)
  b) "mtimes fixup" is optional, preservation of mtimes is mandatory.
     (This wouldn't require any immediate changes in Portage and
     Pkgcore.)

Ulrich