On Jan 10, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Joe Orton wrote:
I'm not sure I find the logic of the "but the system-provided data
will
become stale" arguments convincing; systems which are left
unmaintained
by the administrators will have old versions of software on; that's a
given. I can't see why adding *more* packages (PECL timezonedb) which
those admins have to keep up-to-date will make any difference to that.
I think the point is not so much that the system provided one will
become stale, but more that it impossible to write portable
applications when relying on the system provided one.
regards,
Lukas
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