Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Unix time zone database | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:41:30 -0400 |
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On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:18:37 -0000, John Musbach said: > According to The Register it has "been destroyed" since a lawsuit > has required the authoritative source to > shutdown.
Yeah, that's The Register for you. I'm sure they also reported the Linux kernel has "been destroyed" because of the outage at kernel.org. They don't seem to understand that there's literally millions of copies of the source for the database. The hard to replace part isn't the source mirroring - it's finding a person crazy enough to keep track of changes in time zone regulations in 213 soveriegn nations and countless localities (what *are* the rules in Indiana this year? :)
Having said that, you got a URL for the news story, so we can all see how badlyt the Register botched the story? ;) [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |