From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EZDTa-0007sT-9Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:20:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA7KGvw7025131; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:16:57 GMT Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA7KCLqa017252 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:12:21 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.118.225]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <20051107201220.YPBE26550.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:12:20 -0500 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:12:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:12:20 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 "Critical News Reporting" Round Two Message-ID: <20051107201220.GE6591@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20051105005814.0de0d8ff@snowdrop.home> <200511071150.23492.pauldv@gentoo.org> <20051107162324.2aa795cc@snowdrop.home> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051107162324.2aa795cc@snowdrop.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id jA7KGvxi025131 X-Archives-Salt: fc91487d-448d-4772-9dee-29060b47e49f X-Archives-Hash: 1b7f6d60a728ffcc438afff1bd275bd1 051107 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > 7 Nov 2005 11:50:22 +0100 Paul de Vrieze wrote: >> On Saturday 05 November 2005 01:58, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >>> ``Posted:`` >>> =A0 =A0 Date of posting, in ``dd-mmm-yyyy`` format (e.g. 14-Aug-2001). >>> UTC time in ``hh-mm-ss +0000`` format may also be included. This >>> field is mandatory. >> What about also allowing the yyyy-mm-dd format (with or without hyphen= s). >> Using English month names is not the most convenient for many people. > Runs contrary to GLEP 1. > Guess I should back that one up with a reference. Maybe it's time for GLEP 43 : " blah blah ... Gentoo date formats shall always correspond to the international standa= rd, ie be in the form 'yyyy-mm-dd' blah blah ... " I'm serious -- Gentoo should try to follow international standards -- , but have a (smile) to recognise it's a small point. --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D,= ,=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list