fix whatsnew and add clarifying tzdata comment

yonryzhu · yonryzhu · commit e61e40ccf234 · 2026-07-06T22:43:52.000-04:00
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.3.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.3.rst
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ Deprecations
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
-* Fix missing timezones by adding ``tzdata`` as a dependency. (:issue:`2795`)
 
 
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Ensure all timezones are available in all OSs. (:issue:`2795`, :pull:`2809`)
 
 
 Documentation
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Requirements
 
 Maintenance
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Fix documentation builds on runner images lacking link-type timezones. (:issue:`2795`, :pull:`2809`)
 
 
 Contributors
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'requests',
     'scipy >= 1.7.2',
     'h5py',
-    'tzdata',
+    'tzdata', # ensure all timezones are available in all installs for consistency GH#2795
 ]
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 classifiers = [

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`@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [`
`17`	`17`	`'requests',`
`18`	`18`	`'scipy >= 1.7.2',`
`19`	`19`	`'h5py',`
`20`		`- 'tzdata',`
	`20`	`+ 'tzdata', # ensure all timezones are available in all installs for consistency GH#2795`
`21`	`21`	`]`
`22`	`22`	`license = "BSD-3-Clause"`
`23`	`23`	`classifiers = [`