Am 14.12.2012 09:31, schrieb Lennart Regebro: > 1. Python will include a timezone database both in the source > distribution and the Windows installer (although I suspect that binary > packages for Linux distributions may skip this, but that's OK).
You need to specify the details. Where is the database stored and under which condition is it updated? Suggestions: * The zoneinfo database is stored in the new package 'tzdata', that's Lib/tzdata in the source dist. The files are kept in our hg repository, too. * A tool chain is provided that compiles the zoneinfos from a Olson tar.gz file. (Bonus points for a download + update script). The tool chain is included in source dist, e.g. Tools/. * The db is updated on a regular basis during the development, alpha and beta phase by any core dev. Every patch level release shall contain the latest version of the db, maybe except for security releases. * It's the release managers responsibility to make sure, all final releases contain the current db. This needs to be added to the RM's TODO list. Who is going to create the tzdata_update package, how is it compiled and how often should it be released? One other thing, the zoneinfo database should be compatible with zipfile distributions. The module should be able to load the files from a stdlib zipfile. The feature is important for freeze, py2exe and py2app. Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com