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* Theory, NEWS: Also document EST5EDT etc. as exceptions.

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Use the term "legacy names" for exceptions.
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Paul Eggert
2014-06-26 09:39:13 -07:00
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@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes affecting documentation and commentary
The 'Theory' file documents the longstanding exceptions to the
POSIX file name rules that are in 'etcetera' and 'backward'.
The 'Theory' file documents legacy names, the longstanding
exceptions to the POSIX-inspired file name rules.
Documentation and commentary now prefer UTF-8 to US-ASCII,
allowing the use of proper accents in foreign words and names.

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@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ in decreasing order of importance:
TZ strings. A file name component must not exceed 14
characters or start with '-'. E.g., prefer 'Brunei'
to 'Bandar_Seri_Begawan'. Exceptions: see the discussion
of the 'etcetera' file below.
of legacy names below.
A name must not be empty, or contain '//', or start or end with '/'.
Do not use names that differ only in case. Although the reference
implementation is case-sensitive, some other implementations
@@ -469,12 +469,13 @@ See the file 'backward' for most of these older names
The other old-fashioned names still supported are
'WET', 'CET', 'MET', and 'EET' (see the file 'europe').
Older versions of this package defined names that were
incompatible with POSIX. These older names are still supported,
even though they do not conform to first rule of location names.
These incompatible names are mostly defined in the file 'etcetera'.
Also, the file 'backward' defines the incompatible names 'GMT0',
'GMT-0', 'GMT+0', and 'Canada/East-Saskatchewan'.
Older versions of this package defined legacy names that are
incompatible with the first rule of location names, but which are
still supported. These legacy names are mostly defined in the file
'etcetera'. Also, the file 'backward' defines the legacy names
'GMT0', 'GMT-0', 'GMT+0' and 'Canada/East-Saskatchewan', and the file
'northamerica' defines the legacy names 'EST5EDT', 'CST6CDT',
'MST7MDT', and 'PST8PDT'.
Excluding 'backward' should not affect the other data. If
'backward' is excluded, excluding 'etcetera' should not affect the