LYNX-DEV My thoughts on adding a date to links stored in bookmarks

[David Whitten]

> 
> Greetings. Ok, no one else is going to do it...
> 
> [pick one you can _best_ live with]
> 
> 2)
> <a href="blah" SDATE="11221997" CDATE="11221997" CSUM="12345">blah</a>
> 4)
> <a href="blah">blah</a><!-- DATE="11221997" CDATE="11221997" CSUM="12345" -->
> 
> SDATE= initial stow date
> CDATE= last time we accessed the site, same as SDATE if just once
> CSUM=  simple-n-dumb-n-stupid-but-fast checksum
> 
> Optimally, I'd like responses in form of "1" "2" "3" "4" :-)

Uhh 2 or 4.

> I don't really want arguments as I'm doing this for **MY** sanity and
> will do it even if you beg me not to...

I'm taking it that you don't want arguments against your actions.
the other definition of argument as a well-reasoned answer I will state.
you need to think about 2 or 4 because otherwise the year 2000 problem will
bite you.  It is a lot easier to know that 11221997 is less than 11222003
than to know 112297 is less than 112203.


> I really need this now. I want the updating of sites to be done 
> transparently... not me having to run
> a stupid link-check on my whole (1.3MB!!) ~/.BM directory! and then
> edit the damn lines by hand.
> 

I can see your concern, of course, what changes you make to your own
copy of lynx is your business.  I think you should publish your changes
as a diff to make it easier for the developers to integrate.

Dave
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