You made a subtle mistake. You checked the source package for tzdata
and the changes are really small. Then you checked the differences for
libdatetime-timezone-perl package, but this source package is already
compiled. You should check the difference between binary packages for
tzdata.
The real source data for DateTime::TimeZone is the same as for tzdata
source package. Then, the data is precompiled into Perl source. It
makes a Debian source package.
Did you really read this patch?
It contains the series of such differences:
diff -Nru DateTime-TimeZone-0.42/lib/DateTime/TimeZone/Africa/Addis_Ababa.pm
DateTime-TimeZone-0.42
--- DateTime-TimeZone-0.42/lib/DateTime/TimeZone/Africa/Addis_Ababa.pm
2006-02-20 16:45:58.0000000
+++ DateTime-TimeZone-0.42.2007g/lib/DateTime/TimeZone/Africa/Addis_Ababa.pm
2007-09-05 14:29:11
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# DateTime::TimeZone module distribution in the tools/ directory
#
-# Generated from /tmp/3PactztUqR/africa. Olson data version 1
+# Generated from tzdata/africa. Olson data version 2007g
#
# Do not edit this file directly.
#
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
sub has_dst_changes { 0 }
-sub _max_year { 2016 }
+sub _max_year { 2017 }
sub _new_instance
{
If you multiply this chunk by 400 timezones, you can get 40K of patch.
Another patch changes test units so "make test" can be passed with new
data. Also I provided a shell script which precompiles tzdata source
into Perl source so updating is quite simplier.
As I sad previously, the timezones data are precompiled into Perl
source because this library runs on non-Linux platforms, too, and in
this case it has a meaning.
You just compared an apples with oranges.
I understand, it's not comfortable situation with updates, but this
library already exists, and is used by many Perl projects. I see you
proposed to replace this library with other, which doesn't provide own
timezone data, but it is too late and not possible just now.
2007/9/25, Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> So where are 38k lines here, which changed?
>
> In general i have no problem to accept a package into volatile, if one can
> give
> me GOOD reasons, why all these changes are necessary. What i do not understand
> is, why tzdata has about 300 lines changed, while your package needs 38k lines
> changed to achive the same effect.
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