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docs: Clarify data update PRs in contributing guide
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gilmoreorless committed Feb 3, 2024
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:warning: Before you begin, note that Moment Timezone is in [maintenance-only mode](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/-project-status/).
Bug fixes and performance improvements will still be accepted, and IANA data updates
will continue to be released.
will continue to be released via a semi-automated process.

However, new features or API changes are **unlikely to be accepted** as pull requests.

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## Compiling data

:warning: **NOTE:** These instructions are for anyone who wants to create a custom
data build for their own purposes. Official data updates are created by an
[automated workflow](./.github/workflows/build-data.yml) to ensure consistency
(the behaviour of tools like `zdump` can vary wildly across platforms).

Therefore, **contributor pull requests for data updates will not be accepted**.

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There are several steps to compiling the timezone data. These have all been
bundled into one grunt task to make releases easy.
bundled into one grunt task to make updates easy.

Besides the `node`, `npm`, and `grunt` dependencies, there are also a few unix
dependencies.
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