Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Dear ftp-masters,
dpkg-dev is using the latest Debian changelog entry to set the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable and to clamp the mtime of files in the generated .deb packages. Therefore having the latest Debian changelog entry with either the same or even an older date as the entry before causes subtle bugs. Most notably it breaks backup systems as the content of the files change, but not the associated mtime. Fortunately the latest-debian-changelog-entry-without-new-date lintian tag is able to detect that. Please autoreject packages with such a lintian tag. Thanks, Aurelien _______________________________________________ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
