From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: tzdata2012d |
Date: | 2012-08-06 15:18:45 |
Message-ID: | 10657.1344266325@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> In practice, people who need the latest TZ data shouldn't be relying
>> on our copy anyway. I think pretty much all distros build with
> That's a "dangerous" thing to say. All the Windows users out there
> have no choice. I'm not sure about Mac, but AFAIK certainly the ones
> downloading the binaries will get "our" set of TZ files. That
> represents a very non-trival portion of our users.
Well, I'm certainly not suggesting that we shouldn't update those files
whenever we make a release. I'm just pointing out that in many cases,
the OS will provide a copy that's updated on a faster cycle than that.
regards, tom lane
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