TimeZone Updater Tool/Project, where would we put it? (original) (raw)

Martin Buchholz martinrb at google.com
Mon Nov 25 19:48:40 UTC 2019

There is an existing tzupdater tool that Oracle could open-source (please ...).

It's risky to write a tool today that promises to update new tzdata releases in the future, especially given the recent changes in format from IANA. Some tzdata changes require corresponding changes to java source files (addition of a new timezone region)

I've stuck to using rearguard format, since it works on all known jdks. OTOH support for vanguard format is being backported.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 2:02 AM Andrew Leonard <andrew_m_leonard at uk.ibm.com> wrote:

Hi there, Not had a lot of interest in contributing this yet, so was going to ask the question a different way. If we were to contribute it where would we put it? - As part of the JDK project? - Create its own project? and associated mercurial repo? - Add to an existing other tooling project?

Thanks Andrew Andrew Leonard Java Runtimes Development IBM Hursley IBM United Kingdom Ltd internet email: andrewmleonard at uk.ibm.com Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU

More information about the jdk-dev mailing list