[CentOS-devel] [urgent] Please, push tzdata update from CR into main 6.0 repo.

Wed Nov 2 09:13:37 UTC 2011
Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro>

On 11/02/2011 10:45 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> Vreme: 11/02/2011 08:16 AM, Alex/AT piše:
>> Good day.
>>
>> The "tzdata-2011h-3.el6.noarch.rpm" needs to be pushed into mainline 6.0
>> repo ASAP. The mainline 6.0 repo version of tzdata contains no update
>> for latest Russian (and maybe some others, don't know) timezone changes,
>> causing major headaches.
>>
>> I know it's against mainline policy, but here overal stability is an
>> issue. Probably it has to be pushed as .centos update variant.
>> --
> Yes, Russian government did change it's timezone settings regarding
> Summer/Spring +/-1h switch. It should not create any other problems.
And whoever needs the updated package should grab it from the /cr/ repo 
(or , in simpler words, use the /cr/ repo) .
I really see no reason to change the policy of updates because of this 
package.