Hi Matt, At 11:38 26-07-2014, Matt Johnson wrote:
-- Item 4 -- While Paul Eggert is the tz maintainer, and I appreciate his efforts greatly, I personally don't feel that it's appropriate for the github repo to be in his personal "eggert" account. There should instead be a common "organizational account" for the project, such as github.com/tzdb or similar. ("iana" is taken, but appears to be unused or abandonded. Someone may want to inquire about obtaining it, as "github.com/iana/tz" would be quite appropriate IMHO). Though Paul would be the administrator of this account, his own personal account would no longer be authoritative.
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I look forward to feedback on these items. I'm sure not all will be in agreement, but I think it's important that we look forward to new and better ways to manage this project - rather than just sticking with the ways of the past.
The messages at http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ianatransition/2014/ might be informative for anyone with an interest in IANA. Item 4 is about formalizing the maintenance. The project loses flexibility when things are too formal. The tz maintainer might have to request approval from some higher authority for changes even though there is agreement on this mailing list. I don't think that Paul Eggert has been sticking with the ways of the past ( http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-July/018126.html ). The next tz maintainer might find some better way to do the work. I think that it is better to avoid single point of failures. Regards, -sm