On Thursday 18 March 2004 11:25, Yonah Russ wrote:
> ... Let's try to make the script
> to run these updates part of standard distributions, part of the same
> rpm that distributes the TZ files in the first place maybe. Let it add a
> couple cronjobs/year which check: am I set to Israeli time, if yes-
> update zicfile, if no- exit.
>
> why shouldn't this be transparent to linux users?
Now you reach something more interesting. At least on RedHat the zoneinfo
directory is part of the glibc-common RPM. Someone (Amos?) sugested
that people would simply keep their glibc up-to-date. But this solution is
not good:
- Maybe someone cannot upgrade the software (e.g: compatibility with
some applications)
- Is it logical for the distro to issue a new release for a huge package
(glibc) just because the timezone data where changed somewhere on the
world?
The solution is simple -- distros should have the zoneinfo data as a separate
package (how is it on debian?):
- The package would contain the zoneinfo files (for all timezones)
- The post-install of the package would run zic as required.
- The package version should be properly maintained (e.g: 2004.3.18-2)
This way we can use the normal distribution methods (apt-get, up2date, urpmi,
etc.)
Anyone want to issue a "feature-request" to FC or Mandrake?
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