On 7/13/21 8:12 AM, Petr Viktorin wrote:
On 12. 07. 21 18:31, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> If you can minimally provide the tables of possible zones, and
> provide an easy way to detect a zone is missing, then the APIs can
> determine: "Yes you could do that, but your system is missing the
> data." vs. "That is an invalid zone." Which is a useful
> distinction.
Sure, we can provide such an API, but that alone won't make consumers
use it. Especially if it's specific to Fedora (and Clear Linux --
AFAIK, people expect missing bits and pieces are there.)
I think the best place to discuss and document this would be the tz.
If their README (or just a mail thread) said the data can be split
this way, and hinted at what should be done when it is, we wouldn't
need this conversation. Without that, I don't think it's OK to allow
Fedora systems with only tzdata-minimal.
That's a fair point. We'll get clarification from upstream and Paul Eggert.
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Cheers,
Carlos.