Hi all,


>> I want to suggest a standard format for profiles/package.mask, for
>> multiple reasons:
> 
> Sounds sensible. +1
> 
>> The first line of the "#"-prefixed explanation block must be of the
>> format "${AUTHOR_NAME} <${EMAIL}> (${SINGLE_DATE})" when the date is of
>> format YYYY-MM-DD, in UTC timezone.
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Can we drop this? Or, at least, relax this.
> 
> I usually just enter my locale date here and like to avoid having to 
> think about that UTC is potentially in a different date. I also can not 
> remember any situation where the date being in UTC matters. Plus, if you 
> want accurate timestamps, then the git commit/author date is here for 
> you. :)

I think for the same reason UTC full timestamp makes sense:

The person who adds an entry to the package.mask file does not care 
about a few hours and simply rounds the time up.

The scripts which evaluate the .mask file have a proper time stamp. For 
a script it is trivial to work with time, if you have UTC in a standard 
format. But it is painful, if you just have a date and do not know the 
timezone.

So I think you and I really want UTC here.

-- 
Best,
Jonas