Subject: Re: bug#9170: [PATCH] cp "restores" permissions it never set

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:20:52 -0700

On 07/26/11 00:08, Jim Meyering wrote:

> Do you feel like tracking down the point at which
> the bug was introduced to mention it in NEWS?

To be honest, I prefer thinking about the future
to worrying about the past.  Could we just omit
that part of the announcement?  If someone cares
about the past, they can look it up.