[tz] Using the tzdb: What's actually changed

[Watson Ladd]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 8:43 AM Derick Rethans <derick at derickrethans.nl> wrote:
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> On Tue, 28 Sep 2021, Watson Ladd via tz wrote:
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> > I see a lot of complaints, and very few details about the applications
> > affected. Which makes me skeptical they actually exist.
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> PHP has millions of users, can you guarantee that it won't be a problem
> for any of them?


PHP can either vendor a version of tzdb with backzone or let systems
that ship their own packages make their own decisions, and deal with
the fallout of maintainer choices.

That dichotomy has always existed. Remember weak keys?
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> cheers,
> Derick
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