Package: gawk
Version: 1:5.2.1-2+b1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc:
nicolas@hillegeer.com
Dear Maintainer,
Please upgrade this package to at least version 5.2.2 (current version is 5.2.1)
so that users can use the strptime function from the built-in (and now undeprecated) time package.
See
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gawk/2023-05/msg00002.html for the 5.2.2 release notes. Quote:
Changes from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2
---------------------------
...
6. The time extension is no longer deprecated. The strptime() function
from gawkextlib's timex extension has been added to it.
Documentation:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Extension-Sample-Time.html.
This bug would be superseded by bug #1067078 (title: "Please upgrade to 5.3.0 which has CSV support"). I'd prefer that one to be resolved as I also sometimes need CSV support.
Thank you for your maintenance,
-Nicolas
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