On 30.09.2012 20:18, Gregory P. Smith wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org>wrote: > >> 2012/9/30 Xavier Morel <python-...@masklinn.net>: >>> But at worst, an outdated unicode database will be missing data right? >>> >>> Doesn't an outdated timezone db have the risk of returning *incorrect* >> data? >> >> Unicode updates also include corrections; however, it seems there are >> not significant enough or about obscure enough scripts that not many >> notice. :) >> > > We never hear anyone complain because the corrections are not for English > or other "western" languages that the majority of us speak. ;) > > Regardless, I think including a version of the database on windows releases > makes sense. Update it on a best effort basis before each .x minor > release. The documentation can make it clear that it is a changing > database how to use an updated version with your application. > > One additional thing I'd like to see: Don't let the successful importing of > a 'pytzdata' module be the only way to get an updated tz database. Create > an API for someone to supply one themselves at runtime that is cleaner than > shoving something into sys.modules['pytzdata']. And define in which order > they'll be used: > > priority: > 1) api call supplying tz data to the process. > 2) pytzdata module if it exists > 3) tz data from the underlying operating system > 4) error.
I disagree on this order, at least for Linux systems. the tzdata database is well managed on major Linux distributions and should be used for this reason. Matthias _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
