From: | Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Time zone database |
Date: | 2011-03-03 19:37:48 |
Message-ID: | 20110303193748.GA59444@shinkuro.com |
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On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:27:58PM +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Yes, we use David Olson's tz database. According to this proposal, David
> Olson is retiring, and they propose that IETF takes over maintainership
> of the tz database.
Yeah, I guess I ought to have summarized. That is indeed the plan.
> The idea seems to be that the work to keep the database and tz code
> current would continue like before, just in the hands of different
> people, so I don't think this affects us in any way.
There is the possibility that the IETF will be somehow less quick to
cope with changes. (The IETF is not a speedy way to get anything
done.) I think that's the biggest reservation I've heard expressed.
Anyway, as long as nobody's worried, I can stand mute :)
Thanks for the reply.
A
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Andrew Sullivan
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