On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 08:25:55AM +0100, "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@davros.org> wrote:
I don't agree. If we know or have good reason to believe that the data is completely bogus, then there's no point in retaining it.
Clive, you seem to be not following the discussions. You can argue that _you think_ it is pointless, but you cannot just ignore the perfectly good points others have made, foremost that of the value of stability itself, quality being equal. These points have been made, so claiming there's no point is simply incorrect: the points may be weak, or wrong, or you might disagree with them, but they do exist. At the very least, you should acknowledge that. If you can prove the stability argument to be wrong or can show that it isn't a real concern, I would be happy to hear about it. Until then, you have to accept that there is a point on retaining the data, even if it might be unconvincing or even wrong - but we have yet to see that.
different data for two zones produces a subconcious belief that both are higher quality than if we just have the same.
That may well be, but this is far from proven. In addition, I am not sure what the value of subconscious and wrong beliefs of some unspecified people about tzdata is worth. -- The choice of a Deliantra, the free code+content MORPG -----==- _GNU_ http://www.deliantra.net ----==-- _ generation ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / schmorp@schmorp.de -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\