Re: Bug#842935: ITP: casacore-data-tai-utc -- Difference table between TAI and UTC for casacore

[Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>]

Hi Jonathan,


the original casacore package takes these data from usno; however after
some discussion in debian-science I was convinced that tzdata is
reliably enough for our use:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2016/10/msg00494.html

Best regards

Ole


On 02.11.2016 13:37, Jonathan Quick wrote:
> Hi Ole
>
> On Wed, November 2, 2016 2:08 pm, Ole Streicher wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>
>> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-astro@lists.debian.org
>>
>> * Package name    : casacore-data-tai-utc
>> * License         : BSD-2-Clause
>>   Description     : Difference table between TAI and UTC for casacore
>>
>> This native package contains the leap second difference between TAI and
>> UTC, created from /usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list. The data are in
>> a format specific to casacore. The table is kept in sync with the tzdata
>> package.
> Technically the canonical source for this information is the Bulletin C issued
> by the IERS at roughly six monthly intervals.  I hope the leap-seconds.list is
> maintained in reference to those.
>
> Regards
>   Jon
>