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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] tzdata2012d
From:       Tom Lane <tgl () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us>
Date:       2012-07-30 23:09:10
Message-ID: 8412.1343689750 () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Excerpts from David Fetter's message of lun jul 30 17:27:46 -0400 2012:
>> Can we slide this into the upcoming point release?  When would that
>> be?

> Usually, Tom installs the latest timezone data just before each point
> release.

It's part of the release checklist.

In practice, people who need the latest TZ data shouldn't be relying
on our copy anyway.  I think pretty much all distros build with
--with-system-tzdata so that the distros' own updates of tzdata get
picked up automatically by Postgres.

			regards, tom lane

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