[tz] [PATCH] Updates for Chile 2013

[Andrew Paprocki]

I can't speak for everyone, but I can at least speak for my production
systems --

We have a production process based around IANA releases. This process can
not depend on github snapshots. We need lead time to deploy a real IANA
release to thousands of boxes in a safe manner. We can do testing using
github, but that doesn't remove the need to get a regularly scheduled (as
in "everyone knew about the Chile changes weeks ago") update at least a
week in advance.

If there is anything that the community can do help the release process,
please let us know.

-Andrew


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Wallace, Malcolm <Malcolm.Wallace at sc.com>wrote:

>  I believe the implication of Paul’s message is that, to help, you could
> test the version of tzdata currently available to you in the github
> repository.  He says this is likely the “final version”, so of course, if
> your testing shows any problems, it is better to do it now rather than
> after it is released.  If it does not show any problems, then perhaps you
> can use it in production even before the official release is made.****
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> Agreed.
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> Please let us know if we can help.
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> I have a standard outage window this weekend to apply the update.
>
> If we don't make that I have to arrange for an emergency change and a
> plant wide shutdown to update the dozen or so plant floor systems.
>
> Yes the OS update does not usually require a reboot, but the application
> that run on those OS's do. So we have to shutdown the whole plant. Major
> headache for me.
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> From:        Deborah Goldsmith <goldsmit at apple.com>
> To:        Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>,
> Cc:        Time Zone Database discussion <tz at iana.org>, Robert Elz <
> kre at munnari.oz.au>
> Date:        02/28/2013 04:53 PM
> Subject:        Re: [tz] [PATCH] Updates for Chile 2013
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> Hi,
>
> Is there anything any of us can do to assist in this?
>
> Thanks,
> Deborah
>
> On Feb 26, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert at CS.UCLA.EDU> wrote:
>
> > The new version should be available soon.  In the meantime your
> > folks can test with what's on github, as that's likely going
> > to be the final version, except that the version number will be
> > updated to 2013a.
> >
> > To be honest one holdup at this point is the hassle of
> > jumping through all the internal security hoops to
> > create an official release.  It's an unpleasant process and
> > I dread having to do it.  There is some benefit to not
> > being hasty, I suppose.
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