On Thursday 03 Jul 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On 03-Jul-08, at 9:57 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> >> ps - I posted a dissenting mail to the timezone list
> >
> > Appreciate that :)
>
> and I would have appreciated it more if you had posted your request
> for comments to all major lug lists -
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 03-Jul-08, at 9:57 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>
>>> ps - I posted a dissenting mail to the timezone list
>>
>> Appreciate that :)
>
> and I would have appreciated it more if you had posted your request
> for comm
On 03-Jul-08, at 9:57 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>> ps - I posted a dissenting mail to the timezone list
>
> Appreciate that :)
and I would have appreciated it more if you had posted your request
for comments to all major lug lists - still not too late for that
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Kenneth Gonsalv
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 03-Jul-08, at 8:57 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> On Thursday 03 Jul 2008, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>>>
Kolkata AFAIK, is listed becau
On 03-Jul-08, at 8:57 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Thursday 03 Jul 2008, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>>
>>> Kolkata AFAIK, is listed because Calcutta Standard Time during the
>>> British Raj was GMT+5:30. This has been abol
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 03 Jul 2008, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>
>> Kolkata AFAIK, is listed because Calcutta Standard Time during the
>> British Raj was GMT+5:30. This has been abolished after unification
>> of India.
>
> British raj was ov
On Thursday 03 Jul 2008, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> Kolkata AFAIK, is listed because Calcutta Standard Time during the
> British Raj was GMT+5:30. This has been abolished after unification
> of India.
British raj was over in 1947. How did Calcutta show up in Linux time
zone data?
Is it possibl
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> +++ Kenneth Gonsalves [02/07/08 17:58 +0530]:
>>changed to Chennai according to your logic. All you are doing is
>>fanning the flames of regionalism, chauvinism, confucianism and god
>>knows what else. For heaven's sak
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:57 PM, "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>
>> I am forwarding a mail I sent to timezone mailing list sometime back.
>> I should have first discussed this on the ilugd list, but it is still
>> not late.
>
> Given that you have alre
hi !
+1 to kenneth if not broken why fix ?
simple waste of time
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+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [02/07/08 17:58 +0530]:
>changed to Chennai according to your logic. All you are doing is
>fanning the flames of regionalism, chauvinism, confucianism and god
>knows what else. For heaven's sake leave this alone and go do
>something useful.
I concur. The country is in t
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 02-Jul-08, at 5:47 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>
>> Logically yes, but not with respect to popularity. Timezone package
>> contains major cities of the timezone rather than the city/suburb of
>> the correct meridia
Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> I am forwarding a mail I sent to timezone mailing list sometime back.
> I should have first discussed this on the ilugd list, but it is still
> not late.
Given that you have already posted to the tz mailing list, what do you
hope to achieve by posting it to the LUG-D l
On 02-Jul-08, at 5:47 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> Logically yes, but not with respect to popularity. Timezone package
> contains major cities of the timezone rather than the city/suburb of
> the correct meridian. eg, CET/CEST.
> I wish to propose to change the city to Delhi from Kolkata.
I pr
On 02-Jul-08, at 5:41 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> I am looking from the perspective of a newbie who is doing his first
> installation, and sets his timezone as India. (S)he tries to find
> Delhi on the drop down list but fails to find it, and probably later
> resorts to the map. Yes, (S)he doe
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am forwarding a mail I sent to timezone mailing list sometime back.
>> I should have first discussed this on the ilugd list, but it is still
>> not late.
>>
>> I
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On 02-Jul-08, at 3:37 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>>
>>> 1. Legacy Calcutta Standard Time used during the British carried over
>>> 2. Delhi
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2008, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am forwarding a mail I sent to timezone mailing list sometime back.
> I should have first discussed this on the ilugd list, but it is still
> not late.
>
> I don't mean to introduce a geographical divide, but just want the
> timezone pa
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 02-Jul-08, at 3:37 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
>
>> 1. Legacy Calcutta Standard Time used during the British carried over
>> 2. Delhi stands very close to Dili in pronunciation and spelling, and
>> can be confusing
On 02-Jul-08, at 3:37 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> 1. Legacy Calcutta Standard Time used during the British carried over
> 2. Delhi stands very close to Dili in pronunciation and spelling, and
> can be confusing.
If it aint broken why fix it?
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Associate, NRC-FOS
Hi,
I am forwarding a mail I sent to timezone mailing list sometime back.
I should have first discussed this on the ilugd list, but it is still
not late.
I don't mean to introduce a geographical divide, but just want the
timezone package to be "politically correct".
Your views are welcome, and c
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