-On [20090831 17:14], Mark Peek (mark@peek.org) wrote:
When ado sent out the first email on this thread, my first thought was that the Unicode Consortium would be a great place to maintain the timezone data. Throughout the resulting discussion I am still a "+1" for it to be maintained there. I believe Mark Davis has commented on different levels of release flexibility within the Unicode Consortium and I think the dialog has indicated that a fast and flexible release time line is what the users of tzdata are wanting. I am sure the Unicode Consortium would want to ensure the continued success, continuity and single source of tzdata if it was agreed for them to take this on.
Still a +1 for Unicode Consortium.
I can only add my +1 for hosting under the Unicode umbrella. As a individual participant and contributor in both Unicode and CLDR discussions and matters I can attest that these two projects behave very differently. A project like the timezone database could easily continue as it is now, despite being hosted there. As long as the importance of a quick turn around time and release management is stressed, I foresee no problems. If needed, I am willing to help out with this process as well as documenting it, whatever it may be. :) -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai イェルーン ラウフロック ヴァン デル ウェルヴェン http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ | GPG: 2EAC625B Think carefully of what you ask for, because you just may get it...