[Bug 2109511] [NEW] Remove /etc/timezone starting with Ubuntu 25.10 (questing)

[Benjamin Drung]

Public bug reported:

As described in https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/plucky-puffin-release-
notes/48687#p-120902-tzdata the next Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) release,
the /etc/timezone file will be automatically removed and support for it
in the maintainer scripts will be completely dropped.

** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Remove /etc/timezone starting with Ubuntu 25.10 (questing)

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As described in https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/plucky-puffin-release-
  notes/48687#p-120902-tzdata the next Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) release,
  the /etc/timezone file will be automatically removed and support for
  it in the maintainer scripts will be completely dropped.

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