CentOS - Oct 2007 - Why tzdata-2007h [RHEA-2007:0928-05] only for CentOS 2?

I might be stupid and ask an idiot or offensive question, but here it is:

"Why was tzdata-2007h [RHEA-2007:0928-05] only released for CentOS 2, when
upstream has released it for all the versions?"

The guys from X/OS have released it for 5.0 along with the other updates (on
Oct. 9).

Are the "enhancements"... "not important" as long as
they're not "security
updates"?

True, the guys from SL have only released tzdata-2007h in "fastbugs"
-- which
is something you should not use --, but I am asking in a single place: why?

Thanks,
R-C



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On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 09:21:55AM -0400, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU
wrote:
> I might be stupid and ask an idiot or offensive question, but here it is:
> 
> "Why was tzdata-2007h [RHEA-2007:0928-05] only released for CentOS 2,
when
> upstream has released it for all the versions?"
> 
It has been released to CentOS-3 on Oct 7th, in the updates repository.
The other maintainers have their own schedule/priorities.

<offensive mode>
Making CentOS a reality is not our daily job/duty, remember?
</offensive>
> The guys from X/OS have released it for 5.0 along with the other updates
(on
> Oct. 9).
<troll mod activated>
No one prevents you for switching distribution.
</troll>
> Are the "enhancements"... "not important" as long as
they're not "security
> updates"?
Speaking for CentOS-3, the enhancements used to go to the fasttrack repo, ie
pending updates for the next point release.
Since CentOS-3.9 is the last respin, all the RHEA are now in
updates.
> 
> True, the guys from SL have only released tzdata-2007h in
"fastbugs" -- which
> is something you should not use --, but I am asking in a single place: why?
Ask on the SL mailing list, we can't speak for them!

Tru
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Mea culpa, I can see now that tzdata-2007h was released for CentOS-4 and
CentOS-5 too, on Oct. 6... it's just I didn't see the corresponding
e-mails!

Sorry about that.

Thanks,
R-C



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Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote:
> I might be stupid and ask an idiot or offensive question, but here it is:
>
> "Why was tzdata-2007h [RHEA-2007:0928-05] only released for CentOS 2,
when
> upstream has released it for all the versions?"
>
> The guys from X/OS have released it for 5.0 along with the other updates
(on
> Oct. 9).
>
> Are the "enhancements"... "not important" as long as
they're not "security
> updates"?
>
> True, the guys from SL have only released tzdata-2007h in
"fastbugs" -- which
> is something you should not use --, but I am asking in a single place: why?
>
>   
Ummm.  This is from my CentOS 5 /var/log/yum.log: Oct 06 14:30:09 
Updated: tzdata.noarch 2007h-1.el5

Your post made me curious about its origin.

        [rj at mavis ~]$ rpm -qi tzdata
        Name        : tzdata                       Relocations: (not
        relocatable)
        Version     : 2007h                             Vendor: CentOS
        Release     : 1.el5                         Build Date: Sat 06
        Oct 2007 07:59:45 AM CDT
        Install Date: Sat 06 Oct 2007 02:30:01 PM CDT      Build Host:
        builder6
        Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM:
        tzdata-2007h-1.el5.src.rpm
        Size        : 1784261                          License: GPL
        Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sat 06 Oct 2007 08:03:16 AM CDT, Key ID
        a8a447dce8562897
        Summary     : Timezone data
        Description :
        This package contains data files with rules for various
        timezones around
        the world.





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