Re: UCT (Re: pgsql: Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2019a.)

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: UCT (Re: pgsql: Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2019a.)
Date: 2019-06-26 22:58:49
Message-ID: 78E9E224-CF9F-4AB6-9CC8-450DC3C2B73B@yesql.se
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> On 27 Jun 2019, at 00:48, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> wrote:

> Tom> In general, the point I'm trying to make is that our policy should
> Tom> be "Ties are broken arbitrarily, and if you don't like the choice
> Tom> that initdb makes, here's how to fix it".
>
> Yes, you've repeated that point at some length, and I am not convinced.
> Is anyone else?

I don’t have any insights into the patches comitted or proposed. However,
having been lurking on the tz mailinglist for a long time, I totally see where
Tom is coming from with this.

cheers ./daniel

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