On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 04:54:00PM +0100, Aoife Moloney wrote:
* Other developers: Some packages need to change their spec files
from
`Requires: tzdata` to `Recommends: tzdata`. It would be beneficial if
all packages switched in this way, but it is not required. Supporting
optional tzdata installation for as many workloads as possible allows
those workloads to minimize their container image size.
List of packages which need to be changed:
* glibc (glibc-common)
There are packages that rely on the glibc->glibc-common->tzdata
dependency. The one I know is chrony, which in the default
configuration needs the "right/UTC" timezone to get the TAI-UTC
offset. I suspect there are other packages that will need to add
Recommends or Requires.
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Miroslav Lichvar