I filed the http://bugs.python.org/issue14448 BTW.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:47 PM, R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:38:13 +0300, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> 28.03.12 23:20, Andrew Svetlov написав(ла): >> > I figured out what pytz and dateutil are not mentioned in python docs >> > for datetime module. >> > It's clean why these libs is not a part of Python Libraries — but >> > that's not clean for Docs. >> >> I don't understand why Python may not include the pytz. The Olson tz >> database is not part of pytz. Python can depend on a system tz database, >> as it depends on libssl or libbz2, which also can be updated (for >> security reasons) independently. > > There is an extensive discussion of this somewhere in the archives of > this list. If I remember correctly, it boils down to the fact that pytz > does bundle the database, and that Windows either does not have or does > not regularly update its own Olson database. Rather than ship something > out-of-date, we choose to put the onus on the user to ensure that the > appropriate code+db exists on their system. > > Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, and/or find a pointer > to the relevant thread. > > --David > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/andrew.svetlov%40gmail.com > -- Thanks, Andrew Svetlov _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
