On Dec 6 15:34, Brian Inglis wrote: > <rl76 <at> inbox.ru> writes: > > > 06.12.2014 8:27, Brian Inglis пишет: > > >> Belarus Standard Time was dropped in Dec 2011 Win DST update and replaced > >> by > >> Kaliningrad Standard time “(UTC+03:00) Kaliningrad, Minsk”, reverted in Aug > >> 2014 Russian time zone updates, which restored Belarus +3:00 Minsk and > >> readded Kaliningrad +2:00 (RTZ 1). > >> Check your local Windows TZ selector dropdown or the registry. > >> The changes already appeared in tz 2014f August release. > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2998527/en-us > > So they missed the August update and didn't actually release the updates > until September! > > The Cygwin tz mapping appears to have three upstreams: tz which is updated > an average dozen times a year (monthly, but may be more frequent for late > breaking changes like Fiji), but only updated by Cygwin about annually in > arrears; Windows which is updated a few times a year, if a lot of licenced > users are affected, and the rest of the changes are addressed with manual TZ > workarounds; and CLDR, which appears to be updated annually in arrears. > > The Cygwin tz maintainer needs to track the tz updates and the Windows > updates, provide patches to keep the CLDR updated, if you depend on it, and > release updates to the tz package and the Windows mapping with every Windows > update.
tzset is not part of the tzcode package, it's part of the Core cygwin package. Do I hear you volunteering to take over tzset, maintain it as a standalone package and to keep it always up to date? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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