Re: git and time

From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sep 29, 2006, 17:46 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <20060929173736.GA13635@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu>

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:37:36 -0400 Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> I don't see the point in knowing how many days ago the security fix was
> published, since I'd really care if my machine is running a kernel that
> contains the fix.

It was just a single example, one maybe not important to you. In fact it might be interesting to someone who isn't even running _any_ Linux kernel themselves; a security researcher or journalist for instance. There are other examples as well. Maybe none of them would apply to your needs, but there are people who would find it interesting and convenient.

Sean

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