java/163456: [patch] java/openjdk6: build and distribute open timezone data (tzdata)

[Andriy Gapon]

on 20/12/2011 05:53 Jason Helfman said the following:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:10:14PM +0000, Andriy Gapon thus spake:
>> Oh, I didn't mean to use the files as is.  My suggestion was to create
>> Java tz files from the already installed zoneinfo files.  So that e.g.
>> Java software and other software have the same idea of the timezones.
> 
> 
> In doing some research, and testing, regarding this idea, I don't believe 
> this suggestion is the best route to go.
> 
> 1) You can't build the java files based on installed zonefiles. 2) You
> can't guarantee that the extracted files are going to be the latest 
> timezone data, and haven't been extrated before at a different release 
> level. 3) No port, at the moment, depends on misc/zonedata.
> 
> In my humble opinion, it is best to handle this inside this port given the 
> nature of the beast that OpenJDK is, and minimize introductions of
> potential variables.

OK.  Thank you for investigating this.  And for the patch, of course.

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Andriy Gapon