On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 04:54:00PM +0100, Aoife Moloney wrote:
> * Other developers: Some packages need to change their spec files from
> `Requires: tzdata` to `Recommends: tzdata`. It would be beneficial if
> all packages switched in this way, but it is not required. Supporting
> optional tzdata installation for as many workloads as possible allows
> those workloads to minimize their container image size.
> List of packages which need to be changed:
> * glibc (glibc-common)

There are packages that rely on the glibc->glibc-common->tzdata
dependency. The one I know is chrony, which in the default
configuration needs the "right/UTC" timezone to get the TAI-UTC
offset. I suspect there are other packages that will need to add
Recommends or Requires.

-- 
Miroslav Lichvar
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