[Bug 2052739] Re: tzdata 2024a release

[Benjamin Drung]

Some time ago, I converted all the manual tests from the SRU
documentation into autopkgtests. For example
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-
dev/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/commit/?id=a70967f356720a37571dd0a301c3c99bea11abc7
implements the python3-icu test mentioned on the SRU documentation.

The python3-icu uses bin:tzdata-icu (or bin:tzdata on older releases).
The python3-icu test is about verifying that python3-icu does not break
after tzdata was updated.

I am also driving the updates for ESM by preparing them for bionic,
xenial, and trusty: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-
dev/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+git/tzdata

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Title:
  tzdata 2024a release

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in tzdata source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in tzdata source package in Jammy:
  Confirmed
Status in tzdata source package in Mantic:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  The 2024a release contains the following changes:

  * Kazakhstan unifies on UTC+5 beginning 2024-03-01.
  * Palestine springs forward a week later after Ramadan.
  * zic no longer pretends to support indefinite-past DST.
  * localtime no longer mishandles Ciudad Juárez in 2422.

  [ Test Plan ]

  Test cases were added to the autopkgtest to cover the testing:

  * python: test_2024a
  * python-icu: test_2024a (only for focal and newer)

  So the test plan is to check that the autopkgtest succeeds.

  [ Other Info ]

  The autopkgtest for chrony is flaky on jammy and newer (see bug
  #2002910).

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