Re: volatile.debian.org: Does Debian still support it?

[Martin Zobel-Helas <zobel@ftbfs.de>]

Hi, 

On Tue Sep 25, 2007 at 17:36:03 +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> It is simple analogy for tzdata package. You should also ask, why the
> tzdata package has so many changes and why don't simply update only
> one timezone?

zobel@merkel:~% diff -rNu tzdata-2007b tzdata-2007f | diffstat
 africa             |   16 ++++
 asia               |   56 +++++++++++++---
 australasia        |   24 +++++--
 debian/changelog   |    9 ++
 europe             |   62 ++++++++++++++----
 leapseconds        |   16 ++--
 northamerica       |  177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 southamerica       |   17 +++--
 zone.tab           |   10 +-
 9 files changed, 289 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)

So where are 38k lines here, which changed?

In general i have no problem to accept a package into volatile, if one can give
me GOOD reasons, why all these changes are necessary. What i do not understand
is, why tzdata has about 300 lines changed, while your package needs 38k lines
changed to achive the same effect.

Greetings
Martin
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[root@debian /root]# man real-life
No manual entry for real-life