On 8/20/20 03:14, Martin Burnicki via tz wrote:
I'd really appreciate if tzdist would be more adapted and used.
tzdist server implementations? I think there is at least one implementation available.
There's at least 3 - either up to date with the spec or close.
What I'm wondering is if there are client implementations that can update the local TZ rules on the fly so that systems that are running continuously automatically start using the updated rules once they have become available.
Leave it to the distro or platform to do the job as quickly as any other downstream org.
Org update policies may be a bigger delaying factor than tzdb, distro, or platform.
Certainly some large organizations are unwilling (currently) to change their update policies - treating tz data as system code or being very slow with their updates. If you want truly up to date tz info you often have to fetch it yourself - which is where tzdist could be useful.
And what about the IoT stuff and othere embedded systems for which there is no distro that is maintained and updated regularly?
Martin