No daylight saving in Egypt --updates

[Ahmed Kamal]

woohoo, and my rhel4 box is stuck at 2011d !! I love how fast redhat moves
</sarcasm>

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Just upgraded to tzdata_2011g, the one with the right time zone :)
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Angie T. Muhammad <angie.tawfik at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> That's really awesome. Thanks :)
>>
>> On 4/26/11, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> > 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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>> >> >> Samar Ali
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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