From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752774Ab1JHQlf (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:41:35 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:46116 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751339Ab1JHQle (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:41:34 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: John Musbach Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Unix time zone database In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:18:37 -0000." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1318092090_9306P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:41:30 -0400 Message-ID: <62978.1318092090@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=steiner.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020203.4E907D3D.0048,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=71.62.120.57, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1318092090_9306P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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? ;) --==_Exmh_1318092090_9306P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFOkH06cC3lWbTT17ARAt4GAKDrpv8Z7oZPdRr6mXa2nNRl8MvGZACfZg2K Tl/BZR6zGrk4jG3eu7pFs6g= =85Nl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1318092090_9306P--