<i18n dev> RFR: 8231098: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019c

naoto.sato at oracle.com naoto.sato at oracle.com
Tue Sep 17 16:45:15 UTC 2019


+1

On 9/17/19 8:29 AM, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> Looks good to me.
> At Google we also integrated tzdata2019c, and it was uneventful (good!).
> But we're still using rearguard format.
> The vanguard/rearguard distinction is a source of errors, so it should be
> made clear what format is being used to import the files.
> If you have a script to update the jdk sources, perhaps it should be
> checked in to openjdk?
> If these files are in vanguard format, is there a trap for those of us
> doing backports to jdks that only support rearguard?

Can't think of any off the top of my head, Martin. The build tool 
internally converts vanguard data into rearguard compatible, by 
adjusting the standard offsets, and build into tzdb.dat (which should 
even be compatible to prior JDK runtimes).

Naoto

> 
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:19 AM Ramanand Patil <ramanand.patil at oracle.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> Please review the patch for tzdata2019c integration into jdk
>> project(jdk-14).
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rpatil/8231098/14/webrev.00/
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8231098
>>
>> The patch has passed all the related testing including JCK.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ramanand.
>>


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