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Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones

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283 points move-on-by | 4 comments | 12 Sep 25 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.034s | source
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yellers ◴[12 Sep 25 08:30 UTC] No.45219992[source]▶
Hang on a second, "(...) in 2023. US/* was moved to tzdata-legacy (...)"

US/* was moved to 'backward' (the file for backward compatibility) in the tz database in 1993(!) and as such was essentially marked as deprecated long enough. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb/backward

You're telling me you didn't notice ? It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

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zahlman ◴[12 Sep 25 08:57 UTC] No.45220141[source]▶
> You're telling me you didn't notice ? It was...

In a large fraction of cases in the FOSS world, it comes across that the developers really do want to communicate this sort of thing, but there's no clarity on where or how they should do so. See for example various deprecations in Python packaging tools (and standards).

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1. rollcat ◴[12 Sep 25 09:22 UTC] No.45220294[source]▶
Then you get the reverse. I just upgraded to macOS Sonoma (yes I'm always one major version behind with Apple stuff...), and I was annoyed as heck when I had to click through "Look what's new in Calendar!", "Look what's new in Reminders!", "Look what's new in StripClubs!"... I need to use my software right now, I will not read this. Then I will forget it ever popped up, and will not read it in the future either.
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2. thesuitonym ◴[12 Sep 25 14:06 UTC] No.45222311[source]▶
There's a vast difference between Apple showing you all it's useless new AI integrations and developers telling system administrators what they need to know.
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3. skydhash ◴[12 Sep 25 14:36 UTC] No.45222616[source]▶
And I think Debian sent those notes also via its mail system (exim + mail). I don’t usually care for my workstation, but I do check it for my servers.
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4. joeyh ◴[12 Sep 25 15:15 UTC] No.45223023{3}[source]▶
NEWS.Debian entries are displayed by apt-listchanges in a pager by default when running apt upgrade, as well as sent by email.