[jdk8u] RFR: 8296715: CLDR v42 update for tzdata 2022f

Severin Gehwolf sgehwolf at openjdk.org
Wed Dec 21 09:38:58 UTC 2022


On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:45:39 GMT, Andrew John Hughes <andrew at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is a minimal backport of the CLDR v42 update for tzdata 2022f, just containing the timezone changes. The previous definition for `America/Chihuahua`, which is superseded by the change to `America_Central` on 2022-10-30, is retained as `America_Mountain` as `Mexico_Pacific` doesn't exist in 8u's version of CLDR and the change here is to define an end to that metazone, not alter it.
> 
> The other changes are omitted as follows:
> 
> * The `es_419.xml` in 8u's CLDR does not contain the patterns being altered.
> * `LocaleData.cldr` does not exist in 8u
> * `LocaleDataTest.java` does not need updating as the test has not been changed, as there is no data file change (`LocaleData.cldr`)
> 
> Regarding the latter two, the CLDR checks in the test were introduced as part of JDK-8008577: "Use CLDR Locale Data by Default". We obviously don't want to backport that in full, but updating LocaleDataTest.java with a CLDR data set would be useful.
> 
> However, I think it's out of scope for a rampdown time critical data fix like this, as it is likely a lengthy effort to get a passing data set, needing further CLDR updates. It should be handled separately. I'll open a bug and PR for this against 8u-dev.

OK.

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Marked as reviewed by sgehwolf (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u/pull/27


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