[tz] Update frequency has dropped off(?)

[Paul Holland]

Thanks Pauls, I appreciate your replies to my (slightly) flippant enquiry.
:-)

Keep up the good work...

Cheers, Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert at cs.ucla.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 3:26
To: Paul Holland; tz at iana.org
Subject: Re: [tz] Update frequency has dropped off(?)

Paul Holland wrote:
> Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer
actively maintained?

It's still actively maintained; see https://github.com/eggert/tz and/or look
at the mailing list archive. I don't like to issue new releases "just
because", as each release is somewhat of a hassle for downstream users. The
usual pattern is a flurry of changes before March and then again before
November. We will need a new release well before 2018-01-14, when the
current release becomes wrong for Fiji. Possibly we'll get last-minute
notices in the next two or three months that will require new releases
promptly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul.Koning at dell.com [mailto:Paul.Koning at dell.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 10:00
To: paul at holland.name
Cc: tz at iana.org
Subject: Re: [tz] Update frequency has dropped off(?)

It's definitely actively maintained.  If the number of changes goes down, it
is because politicians aren't changing the rules quite as often.

	paul

> On Sep 4, 2017, at 1:24 AM, Paul Holland <paul at holland.name> wrote:
> 
> Last update was in March (2017b). Last year there were many updates (10?).

> 
> Does this mean (1) the database has stabilised; or (2) it is no longer
actively maintained?
> 
> Just curious :-D
> Cheers, Paul
> E: paul at holland.name