Last update was in March (2017b). Last year there were many updates (10?). Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer actively maintained? Just curious :-D Cheers, Paul E: paul@holland.name
Paul Holland wrote:
Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer actively maintained?
It's still actively maintained; see https://github.com/eggert/tz and/or look at the mailing list archive. I don't like to issue new releases "just because", as each release is somewhat of a hassle for downstream users. The usual pattern is a flurry of changes before March and then again before November. We will need a new release well before 2018-01-14, when the current release becomes wrong for Fiji. Possibly we'll get last-minute notices in the next two or three months that will require new releases promptly.
On 2017-09-04 11:25, Paul Eggert wrote:
Paul Holland wrote:
Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer actively maintained?
It's still actively maintained; see https://github.com/eggert/tz and/or look at the mailing list archive. I don't like to issue new releases "just because", as each release is somewhat of a hassle for downstream users. The usual pattern is a flurry of changes before March and then again before November. We will need a new release well before 2018-01-14, when the current release becomes wrong for Fiji. Possibly we'll get last-minute notices in the next two or three months that will require new releases promptly.
(3) perhaps politicians and bureaucrats are finally getting the message that adequate notice is required, when their phones show incorrect times and they miss meetings because notifications pop up an hour early or late? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
It's definitely actively maintained. If the number of changes goes down, it is because politicians aren't changing the rules quite as often. paul
On Sep 4, 2017, at 1:24 AM, Paul Holland <paul@holland.name> wrote:
Last update was in March (2017b). Last year there were many updates (10?).
Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer actively maintained?
Just curious :-D Cheers, Paul E: paul@holland.name
Thanks Pauls, I appreciate your replies to my (slightly) flippant enquiry. :-) Keep up the good work... Cheers, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu] Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 3:26 To: Paul Holland; tz@iana.org Subject: Re: [tz] Update frequency has dropped off(?) Paul Holland wrote:
Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer actively maintained?
It's still actively maintained; see https://github.com/eggert/tz and/or look at the mailing list archive. I don't like to issue new releases "just because", as each release is somewhat of a hassle for downstream users. The usual pattern is a flurry of changes before March and then again before November. We will need a new release well before 2018-01-14, when the current release becomes wrong for Fiji. Possibly we'll get last-minute notices in the next two or three months that will require new releases promptly. -----Original Message----- From: Paul.Koning@dell.com [mailto:Paul.Koning@dell.com] Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 10:00 To: paul@holland.name Cc: tz@iana.org Subject: Re: [tz] Update frequency has dropped off(?) It's definitely actively maintained. If the number of changes goes down, it is because politicians aren't changing the rules quite as often. paul
On Sep 4, 2017, at 1:24 AM, Paul Holland <paul@holland.name> wrote:
Last update was in March (2017b). Last year there were many updates (10?).
Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer
actively maintained?
Just curious :-D Cheers, Paul E: paul@holland.name
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