From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 20:53:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7374816A420; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:53:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.csail.mit.edu (khavrinen.csail.mit.edu [128.30.28.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A97FA43D69; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:53:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.csail.mit.edu (localhost.csail.mit.edu [127.0.0.1]) by khavrinen.csail.mit.edu (8.13.1/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBRKrRea033570 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK CN=khavrinen.csail.mit.edu issuer=Client+20CA); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:53:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.csail.mit.edu (8.13.1/8.13.4/Submit) id jBRKrRL9033567; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:53:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) From: Garrett Wollman MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <17329.43462.973418.828137@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:53:26 -0500 To: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-Reply-To: <86ek42s49j.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200512222334.jBMNYpxY058133@repoman.freebsd.org> <86ek42s49j.fsf@xps.des.no> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid X-Greylist: Sender DNS name whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (khavrinen.csail.mit.edu [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:53:30 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on khavrinen.csail.mit.edu Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/zoneinfo - Imported sources X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:53:46 -0000 < I wonder if we should make a habit of merging these to security / > errata branches. Not an unreasonable question. The database format has not changed incompatibly in years, so it's a relatively low-risk thing to merge. OTOH, updates are sometimes frequent, particularly during the time of year when governments tend to fiddle their DST adjustments. I would suggest only merging updates if there is a significant user community which is affected by the changes. So if the US Congress finally comes to its senses and repeals the DST change a week before it is scheduled to take effect, then it's worth doing, but when certain South American countries do their seemingly-annual vacillation over DST, I would offer apologies. -GAWollman