Re: Brazil disables DST - 2019b update - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Brazil disables DST - 2019b update
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Msg-id 20190712040424.GE2149@paquier.xyz
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In response to Brazil disables DST - 2019b update  (Robins Tharakan <tharakan@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Brazil disables DST - 2019b update  (Robins Tharakan <tharakan@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 01:42:59PM +1000, Robins Tharakan wrote:
> The 2019b DST update [1] disables DST for Brazil. This would take effect
> starting November 2019. The last DST update in Postgres was 2019a in v11.3
> (since this update came in after the recent-most Postgres release).
>
> Since a ~3 month release cycle may be too close for some users, are there
> any plans for an early 11.5 (or are such occurrences not a candidate for an
> early release)?
>
> Reference:
> a) https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2019-July/000056.html

So 2019b has been released on the 1st of July.  Usually tzdata updates
happen just before a minor release, so this would get pulled in at the
beginning of August (https://www.postgresql.org/developer/roadmap/).
Tom, I guess that would be again the intention here?
--
Michael

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