This patch changes the date displayed in the download link from the release creation date to the last modified date for the file.

For me this makess more sense to reflect the age of the file instead of the release, and I think it would make more sense here a drupal.org too.

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hba commented
Category: feature » bug

This seems like a very good idea. I just updated guestbook module for 4.6.0, but my project page still shows "Download latest release (4.6.0, 07/06/2005 - 17:58)". Annoying.

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nedjo
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This issue has been fixed in HEAD. It's complicated because simply using the file date can lead to problems in certain situations. E.g., on drupal.org files are generated and uploaded nightly, so testing for file date would lead to everything appearing to have been changed each day. In the HEAD version we generate a hash for the file and then test if it has changed, updating the timestamp if so. So should we apply this change? I'm not sure. It would lead to improvements for some users, but possibly cause problems for others.

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markus_petrux commented

Hi!

I was confused by the date shown in the project page, not matching the date of the last package.

Please, see this forum topic for an example:
http://drupal.org/node/49817

I hope that helps, currently it is really confussing.

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nedjo
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As I noted, this issue is fixed in HEAD, and so will be fixed on drupal.org as soon as we can update drupal.org to HEAD.

For the issue, and the patch that was applied, see: http://drupal.org/node/37927

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markus_petrux commented

I guess this issue may confuse many users/devs. ...are there any news on this?

In my case, and I'm not sure if that will be fixed with incoming changes, I have committed changes (to head and the 4.7 branch) to the SMTP Checker module that are not being reflected in the project page. It is hard to make latest fixes available to those that may not have (or know how to use) CVS tools.

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markus_petrux commented

Views module users seem to be confused by this:
http://drupal.org/node/50921

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dww
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Version: 4.6.x-1.x-dev » 4.7.x-2.x-dev
Status: Needs review » Closed (fixed)

fixed by the new release system