Re: A renewed plea for inclusion of zone.tab

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: A renewed plea for inclusion of zone.tab
Date: 2009-04-07 00:48:55
Message-ID: 1709.1239065335@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> writes:
> At the VERY LEAST, can we PLEASE have the zone.tab file
> INSTALLED WHERE IT BELONGS rather than simply ignored, so that even if
> further requests to include the information in a system view go
> unheard by -hackers, I can at least provide a pgfoundry module or
> something to do the job.

I still see no point in this unless we expose the information in
pg_timezone_names, which requires rather more than a one-line patch.
If you want to prepare such a patch and put it in the queue for 8.5,
go right ahead.

regards, tom lane

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