Way to preserve upload-time metadata for pull-through repository

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like to use pulp's python plugin for a pull-through repository that mirrors pypi, so that I always have packages I depend on available locally (even if pypi goes down or a package is pulled from it, similar to left-pad). However, I also make use of dependency cooldowns using pip's --uploaded-prior-to and uv's --exclude-newer. A pulp pull-through repository shows the source upload-time metadata before it is copied, but after copying shows the time it was copied (uploaded to pulp). This prevents me from using pulp as a pull-through mirror alongside --uploaded-prior-to/--exclude-newer.

The upload-time changing when the package is copied seems like it could generally cause confusion or difficulty anyway.

Describe the solution you'd like
I don't have a clear idea of how this could be solved, but it makes sense to me for pull-through repositories to be transparent, and not change the upload-time metadata. Perhaps it could be an option when enabling pull-through?

Additional context
#1370 currently prevents actually using --uploaded-prior-to/--exclude-newer, but inspecting pulp's simple repository API JSON responses has made it apparent that this would be an issue for my use-case even if #1370 were fixed.

Start by reviewing the simple repository API JSON responses mentioned in the issue and the related constraints in #1370. Define how a pull-through repository should preserve the source upload-time metadata, including whether this is configurable, and verify that copied packages expose the expected original timestamp.