No daylight saving in Egypt --updates

[Ahmed Toulan]

Hey guys,

Martin said they are aware of the problems and it will be solved isA.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/770622

Best regards,
Ahmed Toulan.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Angie T. Muhammad
<angie.tawfik at gmail.com>wrote:

> That's cool, Toulan! Thanks :D
> @Samar Let's wait like Ahmed said.
>
> On 4/25/11, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > I have contacted Martin Pitt the maintainer of tzdata on Launchpad. Let's
> > wait for his reply...
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Samar Ali <newgeneration92 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I'm in but what're the steps to follow?!!!
> >>
> >>
> >> On 25 April 2011 18:02, Angie T. Muhammad <angie.tawfik at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> tzdata package is now updated. Check: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/
> >>>
> >>> Now it is our turn to get Ubuntu 11.04 as the first OS to cancel DST
> >>> for Egypt. Once Ubuntu does it, it will spread to the rest of OSs
> >>> world wide :D
> >>>
> >>> Who is helping ?
> >>>
> >>> On 4/25/11, Angie T. Muhammad <angie.tawfik at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > Hi List,
> >>> >
> >>> >  I hope you are all enjoying the festive atmosphere :)
> >>> >
> >>> > I have contacted tzdata maintainer and he confirmed that it is a
> >>> > matter of hours to have the new package on FTP site. I hope any one
> >>> > can take it from here and find out who maintains the pakage under
> >>> > Ubuntu to contact them.
> >>> >
> >>> > Have a great day
> >>> >
> >>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> > From: "Angie T. Muhammad" <angie.tawfik at gmail.com>
> >>> > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:46:48 +0200
> >>> > Subject: Re: No daylight saving in Egypt
> >>> > To: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" <olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov>
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for doing such a heavy work in a such a short time frame. The
> >>> > Egyptian Ubuntu mailing list <ubuntu-eg at lists.ubuntu.com> is keen to
> >>> > have tzdata package updated with DST cancelling in the upcoming
> Ubuntu
> >>> > 11.04 release.
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks again, keep up the good work :)
> >>> >
> >>> > On 4/24/11, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <
> olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
> >>> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >> Thanks for the information. The action of the Egyptian government
> was
> >>> >> reported by someone else last week and a proposed time zone package
> >>> >> change
> >>> >> has been circulated.
> >>> >> A new version of the package should appear in about 15 hours on the
> >>> >> ftp
> >>> >> site; we'll see how long it takes for vendors to get it out in to
> the
> >>> >> field.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>         --ado
> >>> >> ________________________________________
> >>> >> From: Angie T. Muhammad [angie.tawfik at gmail.com]
> >>> >> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:47 PM
> >>> >> To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
> >>> >> Subject: No daylight saving in Egypt
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hello TZ data list,
> >>> >>
> >>> >>  Four days ago the Egyptian authorities issued a bill cancelling
> >>> daylight
> >>> >> saving time. I am sorry if the topic is a duplicate but
> >>> >> here<
> >>>
> http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/10419/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-cancels-daylight-saving-time.aspx
> >>> >
> >>> >> is a link - in English - to the news by Al Ahram newspaper.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Regards,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> All the best,
> >>> >> Angie T. Muhammad
> >>> >> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > All the best,
> >>> > Angie T. Muhammad
> >>> > http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > All the best,
> >>> > Angie T. Muhammad
> >>> > http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> All the best,
> >>> Angie T. Muhammad
> >>> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> With My Respect,
> >> Samar Ali
> >>
> >>
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