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* Makefile, NEWS: Say that backzone's contents are not all low-quality

and give credit to Lester Caine for some of its high-quality entries.
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Paul Eggert
2014-08-25 21:58:20 -07:00
parent bfc08e664e
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@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ LIBDIR= $(TOPDIR)/lib
# below. If you want both sets of data available, with leap seconds counted # below. If you want both sets of data available, with leap seconds counted
# normally, use # normally, use
# REDO= right_posix # REDO= right_posix
# below. If you want just POSIX-compatible time values, but with extra # below. If you want just POSIX-compatible time values, but with
# lower-quality data from the file 'backzone', use # out-of-scope and often-wrong data from the file 'backzone', use
# REDO= posix_packrat # REDO= posix_packrat
# POSIX mandates that leap seconds not be counted; for compatibility with it, # POSIX mandates that leap seconds not be counted; for compatibility with it,
# use "posix_only", "posix_right", or "posix_packrat". # use "posix_only", "posix_right", or "posix_packrat".

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@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
A new file 'backzone' contains data which may appeal to A new file 'backzone' contains data which may appeal to
connoisseurs of old time stamps, although it is out of scope for connoisseurs of old time stamps, although it is out of scope for
the tz database and is often poorly sourced. The new file is not the tz database, is often poorly sourced, and contains some data
recommended for ordinary use and its entries are not installed by that is known to be incorrect. The new file is not recommended
default. (Thanks to Lester Caine for the Guernsey, Jersey, and for ordinary use and its entries are not installed by default.
Isle of Man entries in 'backzone'.) (Thanks to Lester Caine for the high-quality Jersey, Guernsey, and
Isle of Man entries.)
Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed
from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual, from existing zones only for older time stamps. As usual,