On May 15, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Kim Davies wrote:

We have established a new complimentary mailing list called tz-announce, which will be used solely for low-volume announcements of new editions of the tzdata or tzcode bundles, and other administration-related communications. This will allow those not interested in the detailed discussion relating to changes to have a method of getting announcements relating only to updates.

A few clarifications:

— Announcements will also be posted to tz@iana.org, so if you wish to continue to participate in the tz list, you do not need to subscribe to tz-announce as well.
— If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, either email "unsubscribe" to tz-request@iana.org, or visit https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz and enter your email address at the bottom of the page.
— While the tz-announce list is complimentary, I really ought to have said complementary.

kim