diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
index 405ab54f9bb95feb48d6c647fb2b9efad3e4f8c8..9ee7f70ea26992edbd5f4d87e30ee5d5e0aa8d1d 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class BuildTime {
     private static final long _latestTime;
     private static final long YEARS_25 = 25L*365*24*60*60*1000;
     /** update this periodically */
-    private static final String EARLIEST = "2018-09-28 12:00:00 UTC";
+    private static final String EARLIEST = "2019-03-13 12:00:00 UTC";
     // fallback if parse fails ticket #1976
     // date -d 201x-xx-xx +%s
-    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1538107200 * 1000L;
+    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1552449600 * 1000L;
 
     static {
         // this is the standard format of build.timestamp as set in the top-level build.xml
diff --git a/debian-alt/README.txt b/debian-alt/README.txt
index b6b144b60d3b1f0b157164ed3ef9b1ab803b117f..8b9bbba3bf88015dffd7faddf484bdf6a9786c1f 100644
--- a/debian-alt/README.txt
+++ b/debian-alt/README.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ To use them, copy them over the files in ../debian/  .
 Built file compatibility:
 trusty may be copied to vivid.
 trusty may be used for jessie without libjetty9-java from backports.
-xenial may be copied to yakkety, zesty.
+xenial may be copied to yakkety, zesty
+bionic may be copied to cosmic
 
 Not maintained:
 wheezy files are not maintained. Use the precise files instead.
diff --git a/installer/resources/checklist.md b/installer/resources/checklist.md
index 5d3c9a5b98b33dccfdfee5a9d68e50121608523a..f0536d0bee9cbde491640dfec46fecd6404424c8 100644
--- a/installer/resources/checklist.md
+++ b/installer/resources/checklist.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 - GeoIP: Maxmind update is usually first Tuesday of the month, time accordingly
 - installer/resources/makegeoip.sh
-- mtn ci installer/resources/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
+- mtn ci installer/resources/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
 
 - BuildTime: Don't have to do this every release, but update the
   EARLIEST and EARLIEST_LONG values in core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java