very light updates

[skywalker4]

*Security updates
-Ubuntu base 169kb

*other updates
-Software & Updates 77kb
-Ubuntu base 8kb

Does it look like standard?? im a n00b but looking at 8kb update feel weird

[howefield]

Does it look like standard?? im a n00b but looking at 8kb update feel weird

Click on the expand button to get an idea of exactly what part of the Ubuntu Base os being updated... what does it show ?

[skywalker4]

https://s32.postimg.org/ua26ri3hh/ubuntuforums.png

Look like this. thanks for your time

[howefield]

Highlight the "Time zone and daylight-saving time data" line and then on the expand button for "Technical Description", it is probably just a border change or some other tiny little alteration.

[skywalker4]

Changes for tzdata versions:
Installed version: 2016d-0ubuntu0.16.04
Available version: 2016f-0ubuntu0.16.04

Version 2016f-0ubuntu0.16.04:

* New upstream release, reverting DST change for Africa/Cairo,
and updating Asia/Novosibirsk to +07 on 2016-07-24 at 02:00.


Version 2016e-0ubuntu0.16.04:

* New upstream release, with changes to DST in Africa/Cairo on July 7.




This package contains data required for the implementation of standard local time for many representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and daylight-saving rules.

so nothing. but it still look weird so light updates. probably because im just an ignorant

[mörgæs]

One of the beauties of open source software is that an application is split into many tiny parts, each of which can be changed or reused by others.

This in contrast to closed source where you get the application as one big unit. The Windows way of delivering huge chunks of updates is common but not an ideal.

[howefield]

Looks good to me, wish more updates were as small :)

tzdata is a tiny application to start with.

Description from a 16.10 installation for info.


hugh@yakkety-laptop:~$ apt show tzdata
Package: tzdata
Version: 2016e-1
Priority: required
Section: libs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2,842 kB
Provides: tzdata-stretch
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Replaces: libc0.1, libc0.3, libc6, libc6.1
Homepage: http://www.iana.org/time-zones
Task: minimal
Supported: 9m
Download-Size: 170 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
This package contains data required for the implementation of
standard local time for many representative locations around the
globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by
political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and
daylight-saving rules.