Oct. 8, 2021
2:43 p.m.
On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 08:33, Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
these non-region location IDs are actively used in downstream business applications
That's fine, as these business applications should continue to work because the old IDs will continue to be maintained. If a new ISO country code is established but no ID is created (because there's no timekeeping need for one), the applications can continue to use the same IDs they were using before.
Do you believe it is equitable/fair/just to discriminate against that country? Because if tzdb has at least one ID for a city within every other ISO country as per the previous rule, that most certainly is what you are doing. Stephen