Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2018-05-21 Thread Raymond Rakesh Chetty
table/amd64/apbs04.html.en#preseed-time On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Raymond Rakesh Chetty < raymond.che...@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Why isn't debconf the single source of truth for tzdata configuration? If > you used debconf then people wouldn't rely on implementation d

Bug#813226: tzdata config script ignores /etc/timezone on non-interactive configuration

2018-05-20 Thread Raymond Rakesh Chetty
Why isn't debconf the single source of truth for tzdata configuration? If you used debconf then people wouldn't rely on implementation details to correctly configure their systems. Abstract configuration from implementation (i.e. separate timezone from is the file a link?, where is it located?, whi

Bug#876426: A patch with a gist (JDK only)

2018-03-09 Thread Raymond Rakesh Chetty
Might not be quite right, but maybe mergeworthy? (See the linked patch) https://gist.github.com/RayWithAnA/f5ce4e673d947761d31e99006fadb813 Are those the right instructions? If not let me know. Not sure I saw a better explanation. Best, Raymond raymond.che...@berkeley.edu