Bug#933609: How hard it is to find the Date of a package

在 2019-08-02五的 02:24 +0800，積丹尼 Dan Jacobson写道：
> Let's look at a typical "Download" page,
> https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/couchsurfing-inc/couchsurfing-travel-app/couchsurfing-travel-app-4-26-0-release/#downloads
> as we see dates are of utmost importance.
> 
> Wherever we see a version number, we see a date.
> 
> In fact I'm sure you would be hard pressed to find any website that
> doesn't (except https://www.google.com/earth/versions/#download-pro ).
> 
> So I'm saying that the Debian website should "cough up the date",
> yes, "even if it is not the right date", just some date, any date, and
> put it more clearly on the trail of what the user sees after Googling a
> package.
> 
> I mean there are the MD5 sums, etc. down to the exact byte count, etc.
> but no indication of if the package was updated last year, or before the
> NASA moon voyages.
> 
> Those apt tools are great, but let's have the website cough up some
> dates better too.


Personally I'm not against adding dates at all. The fact is that the
development of packages.debian.org website (not tracker.debian.org) is long
stalled and it needs some more manpower. It would be great if any kind of
patches could emerge.


Thanks,
Boyuan Yang

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