On 3 September 2013 16:52, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
Stephen Colebourne wrote:
the consumers of the tzdb see the data as fact
That's a problem, since much of the data are wrong. And it's all the more reason to omit dubious data when we can, which is the case here.
If you were just removing incorrect data, then that would be an enhancement. But you are in fact removing one set of dubious data and replacing it with another set of dubious data from an entirely different location, via the link. Thats a problem (not an earth shattering one, but its still negative, not positive). Whereas if you did nothing, made no change, then we would't be having this discussion. It is my judgement that this change, like many recently, are not what I would describe as enhancements - they are just refactoring. Its your desire to refactor that is at the heart of pretty much every recent thread about reverts. If you had made no changes since May, apart from to the C code and to current local time, then I, and many others, would be entirely happy. Stephen