* CONTRIBUTING, africa, asia, australasia, backzone, europe, * northamerica, southamerica, theory.html, tz-art.html * tz-link.html: Say that the tz mailing list and its archive are public, and that people should not contribute confidential information. --- CONTRIBUTING | 6 +++++- africa | 6 +++--- asia | 6 +++--- australasia | 6 +++--- backzone | 8 ++++---- europe | 8 ++++---- northamerica | 6 +++--- southamerica | 6 +++--- theory.html | 11 ++++++++--- tz-art.html | 7 +++++-- tz-link.html | 12 +++++++++--- 11 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING index 1f064fa0..c5fa803f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ warning, the data entries do not cover all of civil time before 1970, and undoubtedly errors remain in the code and data. Feel free to fill gaps or fix mistakes, and please email improvements to <tz@iana.org> for use in the future. In your email, please give -reliable sources that reviewers can check. +reliable sources that reviewers can check. The mailing list and its +archives are public, so please do not send confidential information. ## Contributing technical changes @@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ If you use Git the following workflow may be helpful: git format-patch main + * Check that the patch files and your email setup contain only + information that you want to make public. + * After reviewing the patch files, send the patches to <tz@iana.org> for others to review. diff --git a/africa b/africa index 11738a1e..ec067bee 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2018-05-27): # diff --git a/asia b/asia index d3d1059a..dd76bdfc 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2019-07-11): # diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 5cf8f117..e52aab10 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -937,9 +937,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila # NOTES # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): # diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index dd7a8675..3c7e720a 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ # This file is in the public domain. -# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know -# better, go ahead and edit it (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # When proposing changes to this file, please use 'git format-patch' # format, either by attaching the resulting .patch file to your email, diff --git a/europe b/europe index 4d7e1f3b..af521710 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10): # @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ # <https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. He writes: # "It is requested that corrections and additions to these tables # may be sent to Mr. John Milne, Royal Geographical Society, -# Savile Row, London." Nowadays please email them to tz@iana.org. +# Savile Row, London." Nowadays please see the file CONTRIBUTING. # # Byalokoz EL. New Counting of Time in Russia since July 1, 1919. # This Russian-language source was consulted by Vladimir Karpinsky; see diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index bb3d1b43..16b79af2 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 06fee598..bcd4abdf 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, -# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to -# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see -# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. +# go ahead and edit the file, and please send any changes to +# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future. +# For more, please see the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05): # diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index cdc6093a..6e52a929 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -1584,9 +1584,14 @@ Sources for time on other planets: </section> <footer> - <hr> - This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by - Arthur David Olson. +<hr> +This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of +2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. +<br> +Please send corrections to this web page to the +<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. +The mailing list and its archives are public, +so please do not send confidential information. </footer> </body> </html> diff --git a/tz-art.html b/tz-art.html index 01a00297..3039a86f 100644 --- a/tz-art.html +++ b/tz-art.html @@ -611,13 +611,16 @@ but maybe in your time zone I haven’t finished yet. So stay tuned!” <li><a href="tz-link.html">Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a></li> </ul> + +<footer> <hr> -<address> This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. <br> Please send corrections to this web page to the <a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. -</address> +The mailing list and its archives are public, +so please do not send confidential information. +</footer> </body> </html> diff --git a/tz-link.html b/tz-link.html index 669a3cb8..9267fb6f 100644 --- a/tz-link.html +++ b/tz-link.html @@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ location.</p> The <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> code and data are by no means authoritative. If you find errors, please email changes to <a href="mailto:tz@iana.org"><code>tz@iana.org</code></a>, -the time zone mailing list. See +the time zone mailing list. +The mailing list and its archives are public, +so please do not send confidential information. +See <a href="https://lists.iana.org/postorius/lists/tz.iana.org/">the mailing list’s main page</a> to subscribe or to browse its archive of old messages. <a href="https://tzdata-meta.timtimeonline.com">Metadata for mailing list @@ -283,8 +286,9 @@ collaboration among governments, the time zone database volunteer community, and data distributors downstream. <p> If your government plans to change its time zone boundaries or -daylight saving rules, please send email to <a -href="mailto:tz@iana.org"><code>tz@iana.org</code></a> well in advance, +daylight saving rules, please send email as described in +"<a href="#changes">Changes to the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> database</a>". +Do this well in advance, as this will lessen confusion and will coordinate updates to many cell phones, computers, and other devices around the world. In your email, please cite the legislation or regulation that specifies @@ -1250,6 +1254,8 @@ This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of <br> Please send corrections to this web page to the <a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. +The mailing list and its archives are public, +so please do not send confidential information. </footer> </body> </html> -- 2.51.0