[jdk24u] Withdrawn: 8166983: Remove old/legacy unused tzdata files
duke
duke at openjdk.org
Thu May 15 07:57:09 UTC 2025
On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:54:45 GMT, Andrew John Hughes <andrew at openjdk.org> wrote:
> This is a near-clean backport of [JDK-8166983](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8166983), differing from the original only because `zone.tab` was later updated in 24u only by the tzdata 2025a update.
>
> Given the frequency of updating these files across all update releases, I think it makes sense to remove these files in as many releases as possible for consistency. Not doing so risks an update being missed in the backporting process, as has already happened with the 2025a update (see [JDK-8352097](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8352097))
>
> Tests still passed after the files were removed:
> ~~~
> ==============================
> Test summary
> ==============================
> TEST TOTAL PASS FAIL ERROR
> jtreg:test/jdk/java/text/Format 130 130 0 0
> jtreg:test/jdk/java/util/TimeZone 22 22 0 0
> jtreg:test/jdk/sun/util/calendar 3 3 0 0
> jtreg:test/jdk/sun/util/resources 22 22 0 0
> jtreg:test/jdk/java/time 187 187 0 0
> ==============================
> TEST SUCCESS
> ~~~
This pull request has been closed without being integrated.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk24u/pull/150
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