>  | please...i never said that "ordinary mortals" would not use it.
>
>Sorry, that's how it read.

then i must learn to cleak more spearly.

>  | i always thought that yearistype was not installed for general
>  | use because it would only be used by about 1/10000 people.
>
>It is a tz data file (source for a data file) and belongs with the
>other tz data files, there's certainly no rational reason for installing
>it somewhere that is going to be included in $PATH just to make the
>way zic uses it by default work.   Zic needs to be fixed.

yep.  the sort of thing it does should really be *in* zic.  i agree.

>The right resolution for what to do with yearistype is being considered
>on the tz mailing list - it isn't an urgent problem as there are no
>current timezones that need it (it is only necessary when dealing with
>rules into the indefinite future which are specified to vary depending on
>some property of the year number).

indeed!  since zic is the only program that uses it, the functionality
that it provides ought to be *in* zic.  i notice, however, that the
need for it was removed instead.  :)

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