On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 07:42:25PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:30:01 +1100, > Anand Kumria wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 11:42:31PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>>> I just realised that the timezone data in glibc is taken from an >>> upstream database (namely ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/). This data >>> sometimes changes, more rapidly than our release cycle (and than >>> any release cycle we can reasonable have). >> But that doesn't mean that we can issue an update to a stable package. >> Currently they are mainly done for security purposes -- but stable >> updates should not be confined to only that. They should be done >> to keep the system functional. > Note that I was planning to separate timezone package from glibc > package (but I forgot it). It'll be available by the next release, > etch. Excellent! Thank you. Do you mean in a separate source package or in a binary package generated by glibc? -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
