Re: tzdata2012d - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: tzdata2012d
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Msg-id 8412.1343689750@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: tzdata2012d  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: tzdata2012d  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Excerpts from David Fetter's message of lun jul 30 17:27:46 -0400 2012:
>> Can we slide this into the upcoming point release?  When would that
>> be?

> Usually, Tom installs the latest timezone data just before each point
> release.

It's part of the release checklist.

In practice, people who need the latest TZ data shouldn't be relying
on our copy anyway.  I think pretty much all distros build with
--with-system-tzdata so that the distros' own updates of tzdata get
picked up automatically by Postgres.
        regards, tom lane


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