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

[Yuri Nesterenko]

On 17.10.2020 05:12, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> On 09:48 Thu 15 Oct     , Yuri Nesterenko wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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!
>>
> 
> Just an FYI: the bug now shows Oracle including it in 11.0.9.0.2-oracle
> and 8u271-b32.
> 
That's not inhuman cadence: they are making BPR (in Oracle terms) on top
of a regular planned release. Not on Tuesday :-)

--yan