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authorNeil Fuller <nfuller@google.com>2015-08-25 10:37:14 +0100
committerMichael Bestas <mikeioannina@cyanogenmod.org>2016-07-18 04:42:07 +0300
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Add a documentation file for tools
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+This directory contains tools for ICU data updates.
+
+update-tzdata.py
+ - downloads tzdata updates and regenerates the ICU and
+ libcore/bionic timezone data files.
+ There are sometimes code and metadata changes associated
+ with tzdata updates that should be applied at the same time.
+ e.g. see http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/search?q=2015d
+
+ ICU and CTS tests for bionic / libcore should be run before
+ and after.
+
+updateicudata.py
+ - regerates the ICU data files.
+ ICU and CTS tests for libcore should be run before and
+ after.