On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:00:39 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Discussion > > ========== > > > > Should the windows installer include the data package? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > It has been suggested that the Windows installer should include the data > > package. This would mean that an explicit installation no longer would be > > needed on Windows. On the other hand, that would mean that many using > > Windows > > would not be aware that the database quickly becomes outdated and would not > > keep it updated. > > I'm still a fan of *always* shipping fallback tzdata, regardless of > platform. The stdlib would then look in three places for timezone data > when datetime.timezone was first imported: > > 1. the "tzdata-update" database > 2. the OS provided database > 3. the fallback database
+1 ! Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
