new upstream release 2020b

[Brian Murray]

There is a new upstream release of tzdata, 2020b, which includes the following:

  * New upstream release, affecting past and future timestamps:
    - Canada's Yukon changes to -07 on 2020-11-01.
    - Casey, Antarctica is at +08 in winter and +11 in summer.
    - Correct several transitions for Hungary for 1918/1983.

Verification is done with 'zdump'. The first timezone that gets changed in the updated package is dumped with "zdump -v $region/$timezone_that_changed" (this needed to be greped for in /usr/share/zoneinfo/). [For example: "zdump -v Africa/Casablanca".] This is compared to the same output after the updated package got installed. If those are different the verification is considered done.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Unsure which serie is targetted there but the default format change in the new version is triggering a libglib issue which was fixed in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/6ec67cd3 so that's something to resolve with the update

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 08:44:04PM -0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Unsure which serie is targetted there but the default format change in
> the new version is triggering a libglib issue which was fixed in
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/6ec67cd3 so that's
> something to resolve with the update

For Groovy I'm under the impression this is fixed with glib2.0 version
2.66.1-2.

--
Brian Murray

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package tzdata - 2020b-1ubuntu1

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tzdata (2020b-1ubuntu1) groovy; urgency=medium

  * Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #1900436). Remaining changes:
    - Ship ICU timezone data files which are utilized by php and update them
      to 2020b.

tzdata (2020b-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream version, affecting the following past and future
    timestamps:
    - Revised predictions for Morocco's changes starting in 2023.
    - Macquarie Island has stayed in sync with Tasmania since 2011.
    - Casey, Antarctica is at +08 in winter and +11 in summer since 2018.
  * Update German debconf translation, by Helge Kreutzmann. Closes:
    #960783.
  * Update Dutch debconf translation, by Frans Spiesschaert. Closes:
    #963007.
  * Update Portuguese debconf translation, by Rui Branco. Closes:
    #871051.
  * Update debian/upstream/signing-key.asc.
  * Get rid of old SystemV timezones, as this has been fully removed
    upstream. Convert existing configuration to the "new" America/*
    names.
  * Drop pacificnew support, it has been removed upstream.

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:18:46 -0700