Oct. 5, 2016
3:45 a.m.
On Oct 4, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Deborah Goldsmith <goldsmit@apple.com> wrote:
The version number is available in the name of the tar archive. Admittedly, that’s not the most convenient way to get it, but it’s there.
Debbie
On Oct 4, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Sean Coffey <sean.coffey@oracle.com> wrote:
Removal of the VERSION field in the Makefile is a surprising development and seems to have broken a few systems (including the Oracle TZUpdater tool).
Fwiw, my timezone lib (https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date) is now using the first mention of “Release” out of NEWS to get the version. This is a temporary hack (that works) until a new tzdata release establishes a VERSION file (or whatever it establishes). Howard