On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 16:11:02 +0200, Gunther Vermeir wrote:
You might find this high level overview also useful: http://java.sun.com/javase/timezones/tzdata_versions.html
Yes, this is more or less exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. (The comments below are directed mostly at ADO and any others who have write access to the tz project source repository: ) It still seems like it might be useful for there to be a "revision history" file maintained as part of the tzdata package. In my mind it would contain summaries very similar to those found on the above page, but if it were maintained as part of the "upstream" package then you would be able to choose the wording of the summaries yourselves, and also to update the summary as part of release each new version the database (rather than a third party having to update their separate table to reflect each new release sometime after the fact). On the other hand, if you don't feel it's worth maintaining your own list of changes, please consider adding a link to the above Java tzdata_versions.html page to the tz-link.htm file. I'm thinking the link should go up in the "The tz database" section of the document, since the point of the link is description the page provides of that database (as opposed to the links lower down which highlight separate "projects" that make use of the data in some way). Perhaps right under the paragraph that starts out "The data are by no means authoritative.", a new paragaph could be added saying something along the lines of A summary of the timezone rule changes made in each particular version of the tz database can be found on the Java [Timezone Data Versions] page. (where [...] indicates the link). Thanks. Nathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Stratton Treadway - nathanst@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239