Re: Test: tzdata, tzdata-right, tzdata-posix 2024a-2 (TEST)

Re: Test: tzdata, tzdata-right, tzdata-posix 2024a-2 (TEST)

[Brian Inglis]

Please provide feedback on these changes in this test release if splitting the 
tzdata packages as described may have a negative impact on your system.

On 2024-03-28 01:39, Cygwin tzcode/tzdata Maintainer wrote:
> The following test packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
> 
> * tzdata		2024a-2
> * tzdata-right	2024a-2
> * tzdata-posix	2024a-2
> 
> This Cygwin test release splits out the likely rarely used "right"
> and "posix" subtrees from mandatory base /usr/share/zoneinfo into their
> own optional packages tzdata-right and tzdata-posix.
> 
> Tests checking for missing or invalid representative zones in all parts
> of the base, posix, and right subtrees has been added as part of the
> package definition script.
> 
> Please test this base package and report any issues, and let us know if
> you need to install and use the zones in the "right" or "posix" subtrees
> in the optional tzdata-right and tzdata-posix packages, and whether this
> change causes any issues for you.
> 
> If there are no reports of issues, all future tzdata updates will be
> split into three packages, and only the base tzdata package installed by
> default on all systems.
> 
> The space occupied by installed files, and downloaded from mirrors, is
> shown below for each package, plus the current package with all zones.
> 
> install	  tar	tzdata
>   721KB	172KB	base
>   984KB	 78KB	right
>   669KB	 74KB	posix
> 1367KB	444KB	source
> 3667KB	452KB	current


> The Time Zone Database (often called tz, tzdb, or zoneinfo) contains
> data that represents the history of local time for many locations around
> the world, and supports conversion of UTC time to local time at those
> locations to allow display of those local times. It is updated
> periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to summer
> daylight saving time rules, UTC offsets, and time zone boundaries.
> 
> Three data packages are available: base 'tzdata' is always installed;
> optional 'tzdata-right' provides TAI-10s time in the 'right' subtree;
> and optional 'tzdata-posix' provides the same zones and times as base
> data in the 'posix' subtree, as an explicit distinction from 'right'.
> 
> The tzcode package provides the tzselect, zdump, and zic utilities.
> 
> For more information, see the project home page:
> 
> 	https://www.iana.org/time-zones

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
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