[tz] [tz-announce] 2018f release of tz code and data available

[Paul Eggert]

On 10/23/18 1:39 PM, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
> Great, But as I indicated earlier (and as per another recent thread),
> what the Java world really needs is for a 2018g to be released that
> uses 01:00 instead of 25:00 in the main format (not rearguard).

Sorry, I'm not understanding the distinction. A rearguard tarball 
contains .zi files, and Oracle's Java-based tools accept .zi files. Why 
don't these tools accept the .zi files in a rearguard tarball? In other 
words, goes wrong if you try to use a rearguard tarball with Oracle's 
Java-based tools?