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Re: log-tree.c: date hardwired

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 18, 2009, 00:40 UTC
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On 2009-01-17, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2009/1/18  <jidanni@jidanni.org>:
>> Can I get a go-ahead from somebody for me to begin work
>> on implementing a fix?
>
> No. Try and guess why
OK, I'll bite...

Because it's only used as the date for the mbox format leader line, and not an actual email (RFC 822/2822) header line? And in that format it represents "delivery date", which is irrelevant for stuff you're generating to be sent out anyway, meaning this line doesn't actually get sent out to anyone when you mail your patches, so we don't care what it is.

I can't think of anything else, so if it isn't that please do tell. Not that I cared about it before, but once someone says "try and guess why" it somehow becomes important :-)

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  1. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 13, 2009
  2. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 17, 2009
  3. Alex RiesenJan 17, 2009
  4. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 17, 2009
  5. Sitaram ChamartyJan 18, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009

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