[arch-dev-public] [signoff] tzdata 2007j-1

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/12/12, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net>:
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: arch-dev-public-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-dev-public-
> > bounces at archlinux.org] Namens Aaron Griffin
> > Verzonden: woensdag 12 december 2007 5:27
> > Aan: Public mailing list for ArchLinux development
> > Onderwerp: Re: [arch-dev-public] [signoff] tzdata 2007j-1
> >
> > On Dec 10, 2007 3:00 AM, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > 2007/12/9, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>:
> > > > On Dec 9, 2007 8:29 AM, Andreas Radke <a.radke at arcor.de> wrote:
> > > > > updated tzdata pkg is in testing for both archs.
> > > > >
> > > > > please signoff
> > > > >
> > > > > -Andy
> > > >
> > > > No problems here on i686.
> > > >
> > >
> > > One problem is still left. Please remove depends=('glibc') to avoid
> > > dep cycle glibc->tzdata->glibc.
> >
> > I don't think that's possible due to 'tzselete', 'zic', and 'zdump'
> >
> > Opinions?
>
> What about the fact that every system has glibc, and that nobody chooses to
> install tzdata, but gets it installed because glibc wants it?
> The only issue I can think of here is that you need glibc to build tzdata,
> but hey, doesn't glibc itself need a host to be built on also?
>

I have nothing to add to Jan's words. :-)
I'm sure noone ever will try to install tzdata without glibc (if he
wil - heh, that's not a good idea anyway :P).

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)