[11u] RFR: JDK-8254177: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020b

[Yuri Nesterenko]

On 15.10.2020 05:51, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> On 20:44 Wed 14 Oct     , Yuri Nesterenko wrote:
>> But Andrew, even Oracle has it with fixVersion = 11.0.10-oracle
>> which is January. Take pity on us! Only six days before release,
>> and all the builds must be tested and vetted and --
>> otherwise, as A. Shipilev rightly says,
>>
>> artifacts "may contain horrible bugs that could lead to data corruption, engulfing machines in flames,
>> selling your firstborns at eBay, etc."
>>
>> --yan
>>
> 
> Ok, we can include it as a local fix for 8u & 11u instead, and defer
> to 8u282/11.0.9 upstream, if it's going to cause an issue. I just
> thought it preferable to include it upstream if possible.

To defer, that would be much better, thank you!

> 
> Incidentally, note that this tzdata update has gone out to many
> systems already and so the JDK will be behind the system tzdata
> for about three months. We use the system tzdata rather than the
> in-tree version in our packages, so we need this fix to make
> sure the translations are in sync with that.
> 
> Any thoughts on the patch itself, so we can get it into 11u-dev? :-)
As to the fix, it looks OK to me.
I don't see a change in backward files related to that stillborn Pacific_new
but there's no rush I think. If somebody need it it may be included later, right?

Thanks,
--yan


> 
> Thanks,
>