Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:27:36 +0000 From: 207.100@tj2.demon.co.uk To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to test out cron.c changes? (was: cvs commit: src/etc crontab) Message-ID: <3A5F4C98.DCB9@tj2.demon.co.uk>
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FWIW, I'm against changing cron. Ted Faber said it best: > If someone wants to change cron's behavior to make DST (and > other timezone shenanigans) behave intuitively, add a flag to > make cron work exclusively in UTC as someone else suggested. > It's simple to explain which means less user confusion, and > covers all the cases (even crossing the International Date > line with a mobile laptop) which reduces code bloat. Finally > it's conceptually simpler and more elegant. I think that's ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > worth something. -- Tim Jackson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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