WIP: Use git commit or ChangeLog date instead of build date
Add a description of the new feature/bug fix. Reference any relevant bugs.
Checklist
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Code modified for feature -
Test suite updated with functionality tests -
Test suite updated with negative tests -
Documentation updated / NEWS entry present (for non-trivial changes)
Reviewer's checklist:
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Any issues marked for closing are addressed -
There is a test suite reasonably covering new functionality or modifications -
Function naming, parameters, return values, types, etc., are consistent and according to CONTRIBUTION.md
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This feature/change has adequate documentation added -
No obvious mistakes in the code
Without this patch, building gnutls in the year 2034 produced such a diff in various binaries:
/usr/bin/certtool differs in ELF section .rodata
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@
2e790 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
2e7a0 63657274 746f6f6c 20332e36 2e360a43 certtool 3.6.6.C
2e7b0 6f707972 69676874 20284329 20323030 opyright (C) 200
- 2e7c0 302d3230 31392046 72656520 536f6674 0-2019 Free Soft
+ 2e7c0 302d3230 33342046 72656520 536f6674 0-2034 Free Soft
2e7d0 77617265 20466f75 6e646174 696f6e2c ware Foundation,
2e7e0 20616e64 206f7468 6572732c 20616c6c and others, all
2e7f0 20726967 68747320 72657365 72766564 rights reserved
See https://reproducible-builds.org/ for why this matters.
Also claiming Copyright for future years seems wrong.
Edited by Bernhard M. Wiedemann