[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: isodate for packages.mask starting on 2019-07-01

[Fabian Groffen]

I think ISO 8601 date format is an improvement.

However, as you're suggesting to use a date at UTC time, this begs for
scripting, such as the old echangelog did.  Then, when scripted, the
actual date format is no longer an issue.  Somehow the current format
looks easier to read (for humans) to me, so no real need to change if
there was a script to just add/remove/update entries.  (And commit
without forgetting to add --signoff.)

Fabian

On 29-06-2019 13:23:10 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Situation:
> We have different date formats in packages.mask.
>
>
> Change:
> I suggest that we start using the date format yyyy-mm-dd
> for all dates in packages.mask
> starting with 2019-07-01
>
> The following changes in packages.mask will introduce the date format,
> specify the timezone, and use Larry as example user.
>
> 3,6c3,6
> < # When you add an entry to the top of this file, add your name, the
> date, and
> < # an explanation of why something is getting masked. Please be extremely
> < # careful not to commit atoms that are not valid, as it can cause
> large-scale
> < # breakage, especially if it ends up in the daily snapshot.
> ---
> > # When you add an entry to the top of this file, add your name, the date
> > # in the UTC timezone, and an explanation of why something is getting
> masked.
> > # Please be extremely careful not to commit atoms that are not valid,
> as it can
> > # cause large-scale breakage, especially if it ends up in the daily
> snapshot.
> 10c10
> < ## # Dev E. Loper <developer@g.o> (28 Jun 2012)
> ---
> > ## # Larry the cow <larry@g.o> (2019-07-01)
> 24,26c24,26
> < ## # Dev E. Loper <developer@g.o> (23 May 2015)
> < ## # Masked for removal in 30 days.  Doesn't work
> < ## # with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
> ---
> > ## # Larry the cow <larry@g.o> (2019-07-01)
> > ## # Masked for removal after 2019-08-01.
> > ## # Doesn't work with new libfoo. Upstream dead, gtk-1, smells
>
>
> Reason:
> * Larry is the Gentoo Example
> * 2019-01-01 + 30 days is unclear, if we do not use UTC time
> * The new date format is easy to read and write and easy to parse
> internationally.
>
> Do you have any objections?
>
>
> By the way, you can get a formatted string of now in UTC with:
> date -u +"%Y-%m-%d"
>
> --
> Best,
> Jonas
>




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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level