[Bug 2079966] Re: tzdata 2024b release

[Rebecca Palmer]

Importing Debian's tzdata 2024b-1 is probably not a good way to do this,
as it also changes to a newer format that saves space but breaks
python3-dateutil and hence several other packages:

https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/proposed-migration/update_excuses.html#tzdata
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084111

This is probably fixed in 2024b-2.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1084111
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084111

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Title:
  tzdata 2024b release

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in tzdata source package in Focal:
  New
Status in tzdata source package in Jammy:
  New
Status in tzdata source package in Noble:
  New

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  The 2024b release contains the following changes:

  * Improve historical data for Mexico, Mongolia, and Portugal.
  * System V names are now obsolescent.
  * The main data form now uses %z.

  [ Test Plan ]

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

  * python: test_2024b
  * python-icu: test_2024b (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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