Update timezone/README

* timezone/version: New file, also taken from tzcode2018i.
* timezone/README: Reword so that people needn't paw through
old ChangeLog files to see which version we're using, a process
that is error-prone.  Update an obsolescent URL.

diff --git a/timezone/README b/timezone/README
index fc50f1399f05934331bad324b7680229b8bc6126..229755894048f3d9c50f0045bb2fc3b41ebd1082 100644 (file)
--- a/timezone/README
+++ b/timezone/README
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 The files
-       zic.c zdump.c tzfile.h private.h tzselect.ksh
+       zic.c zdump.c tzfile.h private.h tzselect.ksh version
 come from the tzcode package by Arthur David Olson et.al.
+The 'version' file specifies which tzcode version was used.
 
 The files
        africa antarctica asia australasia europe
@@ -8,14 +9,15 @@ The files
        backward systemv solar87 solar88 solar89
        iso3166.tab zone.tab leapseconds yearistype
 come from the tzdata package by Arthur David Olson et.al.
-
-Please check the ChangeLog files in the top level directory for the
-version of the tzcode and tzdata packages.
+except that its 'yearistype.sh' file is renamed to 'yearistype'.
+These tzdata files were taken from tzdata 2009i and have not been
+updated since, as they do not affect glibc installation and are
+present only for regression testing.
 
 Please also see: https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/SharedSourceFiles
 
-These packages may be found at ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/.  Commentary
-should be addressed to tz@iana.org.
+These packages may be found at https://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/.
+Commentary should be addressed to tz@iana.org.
 
 The subdirectory testdata contains manually edited data files for
 regression testing purposes.

diff --git a/timezone/version b/timezone/version
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..63f5800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timezone/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2018i