[tz] Magallanes region from Chile will keep DST all year round

[Derick Rethans]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Deborah Goldsmith wrote:

> I would be very much in favor of a regular release schedule 
> supplemented by urgent releases for immediate issues.

It is what we started doing for PHP as well. Very regular releases, with 
exceptions for "security releases". It's been a great success.

Everybody around the ecosystem knows when releases are coming, and it is 
easy to communicate that if you want your change/fix/feature in a new 
release, it needs to be done by x date.

I think this would be hugely beneficial for the tz project too - it can 
also be used as a stick to communicate to organisations that *change* 
the rules, that this is when their computers are getting updated.

cheers,
Derick

> > On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:47 AM, Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at> wrote:
> > 
> > I wonder if it would make sense for the tz database to have a regular
> > release schedule, e.g. monthly. How often would it be necessary to release
> > more urgently?
> > 
> > Tony.
> > -- 
> > f.anthony.n.finch  <dot at dotat.at>  http://dotat.at/  -  I xn--zr8h punycode
> > Fitzroy, Sole: Southerly, veering westerly later in west, 5 to 7, increasing
> > gale 8 or severe gale 9 at times. Rough or very rough, occasionally high.
> > Occasional rain. Good, occasionally poor.
> 

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