Re: [PATCH] date/timelib: use system timezone database

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:14:29 -0300, "Cristian Rodriguez" <judas.iscariote@gmail.com> wrote: > 2008/1/9, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>: > >> Why do you need this? > > It is simple, even releasing an update for a particular extension, > trigger the whole manteniance and QA in distributions, and it > unneccesary work , when the system tz is used you have QA and mantain > just one component, the "timezone" package. > > jfyi: in a complete distribution, there are only 3 components that has > this highly questionable behaviuor, Evolution, PHP and JAVA all the > other hundred of components do the right thing or at least offer an > option just like the Joe's patch. If a PECL module can override PHP's built-in tz database with its own, shouldn't it be possible to write a PECL module that always overrides it and then stubs out to the system tz database? That sounds like an "option just like Joe's patch" that should work fine. --Larry Garfield