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@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@ News for the tz database +Release 2021c - 2021-10-01 14:21:49 -0700 + + Briefly: + Revert most 2021b changes to 'backward'. + Fix 'zic -b fat' bug in pre-1970 32-bit data. + Fix two Link line typos. + Distribute SECURITY file. + + This release is intended as a bugfix release, to fix compatibility + problems and typos reported since 2021b was released. + + Changes to Link directives + + Revert almost all of 2021b's changes to the 'backward' file, + by moving Link directives back to where they were in 2021a. + Although 'zic' doesn't care which source file contains a Link + directive, some downstream uses ran into trouble with the move. + (Problem reported by Stephen Colebourne for Joda-Time.) + + Fix typo that linked Atlantic/Jan_Mayen to the wrong location + (problem reported by Chris Walton). + + Fix 'backzone' typo that linked America/Virgin to the wrong + location (problem reported by Michael Deckers). + + Changes to code + + Fix a bug in 'zic -b fat' that caused old timestamps to be + mishandled in 32-bit-only readers (problem reported by Daniel + Fischer). + + Changes to documentation + + Distribute the SECURITY file (problem reported by Andreas Radke). + + Release 2021b - 2021-09-24 16:23:00 -0700 Briefly: @@ -18,13 +54,13 @@ Release 2021b - 2021-09-24 16:23:00 -0700 tzfile.5 better matches a draft successor to RFC 8536. A new file SECURITY. - This release is prompted by recent announcements by Jordan and Samoa. - It incorporates many other changes that had accumulated since 2021a. - However, it omits most proposed changes that merged all Zones - agreeing since 1970, as concerns were raised about doing too many of - these changes at once. It does keeps some of these changes in the - interest of making tzdb more equitable one step at a time; see - "Merge more location-based Zones" below. + This release is prompted by recent announcements by Jordan and Samoa. + It incorporates many other changes that had accumulated since 2021a. + However, it omits most proposed changes that merged all Zones + agreeing since 1970, as concerns were raised about doing too many of + these changes at once. It does keeps some of these changes in the + interest of making tzdb more equitable one step at a time; see + "Merge more location-based Zones" below. Changes to future timestamps |