https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954074 --- Comment #13 from Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael@xxxxxxx> --- Preserving timestamps is somewhat controversial, and it is something where a packager ought not to exxaggerate. It is not a MUST, but a SHOULD in some cases only. Mostly: prebuilt files that are installed manually during %install. If you need to modify a prebuilt file (even when using sed), don't try to too hard to restore its original timestamp. Some packagers do that (e.g. because all they do is to replace line delimiters), but the guidelines don't mandate it. Preserving timestamps dates back to fedora.us, where we have found it to be a nice idea with %doc files, so the user may recognise the age of old software/documentation when visiting them in %_docdir. That has been considered helpful also in other cases, such as default configuration files. After installing a regularly updated package in 2013, you may notice that the included documentation and config files are from 2001, and that may be a helpful hint in various ways. As a plus: when running intrusion detection software such as AIDE or Tripwire, you don't need to disable timestamp change logging for such files in packages, which are updated often without changing the file contents actually. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review