Re: Timezone matching script (win32)

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner
<stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This script should probably live in CVS, and be run when Microsoft
>>>>>> releases new timezone data. Where should I put it - src/timezone or
>>>>>> somewhere in src/tools? (it does read pgtz.c in the current directory,
>>>>>> but it doesn't actually edit the file - just outputs on stdout a list
>>>>>> of changes to be made to the file manually)
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it should live in src/tools and be mentioned in
>>>>> src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
>>>>
>>>> +1 for src/tools/, but the documentation note should probably be in
>>>> src/timezone/README.  This task isn't especially coupled to release
>>>> times (at least not *our* release times).  And it's definitely not
>>>> likely to happen at the times anyone would be consulting
>>>> RELEASE_CHANGES, because none of the release leadup work gets done
>>>> on Windows machines.
>>>
>>> True, but if there's a www.microsoft.com URL that could be checked for
>>> timezone updates, perhaps we don't need a Windows machine.  In any case,
>>
>> Funny guy. There isn't, of course.
>>
>>> perhaps whoever does the release work can *ask* someone else to provide
>>> the Windows TZ patch.
>>
>> Yeah, that's what we'll need done.
>>
>> How about we put it in RELEASE_CHANGES for major releases with
>> something like "if a major windows update has been released, run ...
>> "?
>
> is this really just relevant for major releases or is there a chance that MS adds stuff like that in patches or servicepacks as well?

I'd expect servicepacks at least are relevant, but they *are* fairly
major releases...

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