From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
To: Keld Simonsen <keld@keldix.com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>, libc-locales@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Removing locale timezone information
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:07:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKCAbMj3X-G10=RVZaBoV8oZbC7tzYDaDtvNyf1WmijkihFAvQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150812140837.GA23436@www5.open-std.org>
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:08 AM, <keld@keldix.com> wrote:
> My impression is that timezone changes are normally announced in due time
> so that they can be included in normal glibc release schedule, which
> I think is about twice a year, but irregulary. I have not been down into
> the data, tho.
Sadly, as pointed out by others, this is not so.
Keld, would your use cases be satisfied if each glibc locale (for
which this makes sense) specified a default *Olsen* timezone? I think
that might be a way to get what you want while avoiding the problems
everyone else is bringing up.
zw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-12 21:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-03 15:57 Marko Myllynen
2015-06-03 21:33 ` Paul Eggert
2015-06-03 21:33 ` keld
2015-06-05 8:28 ` Marko Myllynen
2015-08-06 21:45 ` keld
2015-08-06 21:45 ` pinskia
2015-08-06 21:46 ` keld
2015-08-07 2:33 ` Rich Felker
2015-08-07 0:45 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-09 21:12 ` keld
2015-08-07 21:49 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-09 21:12 ` keld
2015-08-09 21:12 ` Paul Eggert
[not found] ` <20150812140837.GA23436@www5.open-std.org>
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Zack Weinberg [this message]
2015-08-12 23:13 ` Keld Simonsen
2015-08-12 23:13 ` Allan McRae
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Allan McRae
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-06-12 14:05 ` [PATCH] Remove " Marko Myllynen
2015-08-05 9:07 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 11:51 ` keld
2015-08-05 11:51 ` keld
2015-08-05 10:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 11:52 ` keld
2015-08-05 12:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-05 13:09 ` keld
2015-08-05 13:33 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 15:56 ` Keld Simonsen
2015-08-05 16:30 ` Joseph Myers
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Keld Simonsen
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Joseph Myers
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Zack Weinberg
2015-08-06 2:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 11:52 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-05 11:52 ` keld
2015-08-05 12:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-05 13:03 ` keld
2015-08-05 16:30 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-06 2:56 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-06 17:13 ` keld
2015-08-06 17:13 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-06 17:22 ` keld
2015-08-06 17:14 ` pinskia
2015-08-06 17:25 ` keld
2015-08-06 17:14 ` keld
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