If we don't see reports of problems with the new stuff, I'll be happy to go with tzcode2006c.tar.gz rather than tz64code2006c.tar.gz on the next iteration; I wasn't inclined to be so prejudicial this time around. The question then becomes whether to change the name tz32code206b.tar.gz. Perhaps old-tzcode-32-bit-outputx.tar.gz would do the trick? --ado -----Original Message----- From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:06 PM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: Tzdata2006b.tar.gz, tz32code2006b.tar.gz, and tz64code2006b.tar.gz "Olson, Arthur David \(NIH/NCI\) [E]" <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> writes:

ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2006b.tar.gz ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz32code2006b.tar.gz ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz64code2006b.tar.gz

The 32-bit code is there for folks who may need it; with providence, there will be little or no need to update it.

This means we'll need to update the instructions in tz-link.htm, which currently say this: wget 'ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz*.tar.gz' gzip -dc tzcode*.tar.gz | tar -xf - gzip -dc tzdata*.tar.gz | tar -xf - and this won't work nicely, due to the two code tarballs overridding each other. The names tz32code2006b.tar.gz and tz64code2006b.tar.gz are a bit confusing, since people might naturally get confused into thinking that the tarballs are for 32-bit and 64-bit development platforms, or for 32-bit and 64-bit runtime platforms, whereas neither is the case: they are really for 32-bit and 64-bit tz files, which is a different matter. Here's an idea. How about if we rename tz32code2006b.tar.gz to pre2038-tzcode2006b.tar.gz, and rename tz64code2006b.tar.gz back to tzcode2006b.tar.gz? That way, I won't have to change tz-link.htm (so it's less work for me :-), and also, users will be able to see more clearly why one might prefer the current to the previous version. Also, this naming convention fits in better with the recently-removed 'classictzcode' and 'classictzdata' convention. If you still prefer the current naming style, please let me know, so that I can propose a patch to tz-link.htm. Thanks.