On May 22, 2013, at 8:35 PM, John Hawkinson wrote:
I think all the proposals are a mistake (dropping zone.tab, merging timezones, etc.).
We may like to pretend the tz database doesn't contain political information, but it simply is not so.
We may like to think users don't use TZ idenfiers, but it simply isn't so.
Forcing users who are happy with their current identifiers to use other ones (or making the ones they are currently using non-canonical) will simply annoying people and create a lot of stress.
I think we are best served with the status quo.
I think so too. But various people have been grinding various political axes (to be charitable; I will continue to refrain from calling it what I actually believe it is because I don't want to start a major flame war) long enough that the people doing real work seem to be looking for some tolerable compromise. paul