On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 00:00, Philip Paeps via tz <
tz@iana.org> wrote:
As Tom points out, we actually have a fairly predictable schedule today:
bursts of releases around the silly seasons in March and October and one
or two releases at other times. I'm not too worried about our release
machinery atrophying.
And, even if we go an entire "season" without zone changes, leap second data expires twice-yearly as well whether there's a leap-second or not:
Even if there are no zone changes in the Mar/Apr season, we would still need a release around May to incorporate the Jan announcement regarding a possible Jun leap-second.
Even if there are no zone changes in the Sep/Oct season, we would still need a release around Nov to incorporate the Jul announcement regarding a possible Dec leap-second.
So the point about avoiding atrophy is well-taken, but I don't foresee us dipping below a minimum of two releases a year. And because of the above, I also don't see the need to impose any further arbitrary schedule on releases either.
Unfortunately, the nature of the data we record means we'll always have
to make releases on short notice.
Yup, no avoiding that.