Notification of new releases only
Hello, I'm a user of the tz database, but not a contributor. I would like to receive notification of when a new release has been issued, but without receiving the messages between contributors debating the merits of various proposed changes. Is there a way to configure my mailing list subscription to only receive release notifications? Or is there some other method by which I can receive release notifications without checking the web site every day? If this is not possible, perhaps the subject line of a message announcing a new release could always contain some keywords so that I could write a mail filter to archive non-release-announcement messages? And do such new release announcements always come from the same person? That would also help. Thanks! Cheers, James
On May 8, 2012, at 10:57 AM, James Diebel wrote:
I'm a user of the tz database, but not a contributor. I would like to receive notification of when a new release has been issued, but without receiving the messages between contributors debating the merits of various proposed changes. Is there a way to configure my mailing list subscription to only receive release notifications?
The mailing list doesn't have any inherent notion of "release notification" mail vs. other mail, so, no, there isn't a way to configure the subscription to do that.
If this is not possible, perhaps the subject line of a message announcing a new release could always contain some keywords so that I could write a mail filter to archive non-release-announcement messages?
Currently, that's not the case, although if you look for messages containing "code20" or "data20" in the subject line, that would probably filter out many - but not all - of the non-release-announcement messages (it would not filter out discussions in followup messages unless the subject line is changed).
And do such new release announcements always come from the same person? That would also help.
I'm guessing that, in the future, they'll come from Paul Eggert (I think there was pretty much a groundswell of "yes" in response to the proposal that he take over). However, we might want to consider having a separate tz-announce mailing list, for new release announcements (and perhaps other announcements), and perhaps use Reply-To to redirect responses to the tz list.
The last proposal you suggested (a separate list) would be much appreciated! I'm also happy to add a filter so long as I can be sure that the release announcements will have that text. I can't afford to miss a release, but I'd love to cut down on the number of messages in my inbox. On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
On May 8, 2012, at 10:57 AM, James Diebel wrote:
I'm a user of the tz database, but not a contributor. I would like to receive notification of when a new release has been issued, but without receiving the messages between contributors debating the merits of various proposed changes. Is there a way to configure my mailing list subscription to only receive release notifications?
The mailing list doesn't have any inherent notion of "release notification" mail vs. other mail, so, no, there isn't a way to configure the subscription to do that.
If this is not possible, perhaps the subject line of a message announcing a new release could always contain some keywords so that I could write a mail filter to archive non-release-announcement messages?
Currently, that's not the case, although if you look for messages containing "code20" or "data20" in the subject line, that would probably filter out many - but not all - of the non-release-announcement messages (it would not filter out discussions in followup messages unless the subject line is changed).
And do such new release announcements always come from the same person? That would also help.
I'm guessing that, in the future, they'll come from Paul Eggert (I think there was pretty much a groundswell of "yes" in response to the proposal that he take over).
However, we might want to consider having a separate tz-announce mailing list, for new release announcements (and perhaps other announcements), and perhaps use Reply-To to redirect responses to the tz list.
+ 1. I'm sure this has been discussed before. Please consider cloning the tz@iana.org alias to create a tz-announce@iana.org style alias. All members should be copied across. Only gatekeepers should be allowed use the new alias. All other discussions could continue on tz@iana.org. Could that be done this week ? regards, Sean. On 08/05/2012 19:26, James Diebel wrote:
The last proposal you suggested (a separate list) would be much appreciated! I'm also happy to add a filter so long as I can be sure that the release announcements will have that text. I can't afford to miss a release, but I'd love to cut down on the number of messages in my inbox.
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu <mailto:guy@alum.mit.edu>> wrote:
On May 8, 2012, at 10:57 AM, James Diebel wrote:
> I'm a user of the tz database, but not a contributor. I would like to receive notification of when a new release has been issued, but without receiving the messages between contributors debating the merits of various proposed changes. Is there a way to configure my mailing list subscription to only receive release notifications?
The mailing list doesn't have any inherent notion of "release notification" mail vs. other mail, so, no, there isn't a way to configure the subscription to do that.
> If this is not possible, perhaps the subject line of a message announcing a new release could always contain some keywords so that I could write a mail filter to archive non-release-announcement messages?
Currently, that's not the case, although if you look for messages containing "code20" or "data20" in the subject line, that would probably filter out many - but not all - of the non-release-announcement messages (it would not filter out discussions in followup messages unless the subject line is changed).
> And do such new release announcements always come from the same person? That would also help.
I'm guessing that, in the future, they'll come from Paul Eggert (I think there was pretty much a groundswell of "yes" in response to the proposal that he take over).
However, we might want to consider having a separate tz-announce mailing list, for new release announcements (and perhaps other announcements), and perhaps use Reply-To to redirect responses to the tz list.
You may like https://www.changedetection.com/ On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:57 PM, James Diebel <james@streamlex.com> wrote:
Hello,
I'm a user of the tz database, but not a contributor. I would like to receive notification of when a new release has been issued, but without receiving the messages between contributors debating the merits of various proposed changes. Is there a way to configure my mailing list subscription to only receive release notifications? Or is there some other method by which I can receive release notifications without checking the web site every day?
If this is not possible, perhaps the subject line of a message announcing a new release could always contain some keywords so that I could write a mail filter to archive non-release-announcement messages? And do such new release announcements always come from the same person? That would also help.
Thanks!
Cheers, James
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I've quickly hacked together a feed using Yahoo Pipes that scrapes the http://www.iana.org/time-zones website: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=48419402cafd8f112ff12c58d27a986f You can subscribe to it using an RSS reader, or (under "more options") have new entries emailed to you. Hope that helps, David On 08.05.2012, at 19:57, James Diebel wrote:
Hello,
I'm a user of the tz database, but not a contributor. I would like to receive notification of when a new release has been issued, but without receiving the messages between contributors debating the merits of various proposed changes. Is there a way to configure my mailing list subscription to only receive release notifications? Or is there some other method by which I can receive release notifications without checking the web site every day?
If this is not possible, perhaps the subject line of a message announcing a new release could always contain some keywords so that I could write a mail filter to archive non-release-announcement messages? And do such new release announcements always come from the same person? That would also help.
Thanks!
Cheers, James
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