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[Ntp] Antw: Re: Finding leap-seconds.list

"Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> Mon, 12 November 2018 11:34 UTC

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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:34:01 +0100
From: Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, Dieter Sibold <dsibold.ietf@gmail.com>, Thomas Peterson <hidinginthebbc@gmail.com>, Denis Reilly <denis.reilly@orolia.com>
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Subject: [Ntp] Antw: Re: Finding leap-seconds.list
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>>> Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> schrieb am 08.11.2018 um 22:39 in
Nachricht
<a7d8d58b-7370-1b4c-0c70-fd775dfbf854@cs.ucla.edu>:
> On 11/7/18 6:49 PM, Thomas Peterson wrote:
>> * The IETF ceases to host unpacked versions of tzdb
> 
> I'm not sure exactly what is being proposed here. That being said, the 
> tzdb distribution <https://www.iana.org/time‑zones> is not going to 
> remove the leap‑seconds.list file. That file is used by tzdb itself and 
> (like it or not) many downstream packages depend on it. Whatever problem 
> you're trying to solve, removing leap‑seconds.list can't be part of the 
> solution.

So if TZ data depend on the leapsecond list, the previous discussion on
whether the TZ data wil be updated frequently enough should be solved: In my
view of things new TZ data should be made availale whenever a new leapsecond
file is available (or at least significantly before the last one expires).

[...]

Regards,
Ulrich

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