On Fri, 24 Sept 2021 at 08:09, Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
On 9/23/21 9:00 PM, Mark Davis ☕ wrote:
> My chief concern is instability and incompatibility

2021a1 will give you maximum stability and compatibility with 2021a, so
you can use that if equity is not as much of a concern for you.

Except that the name 2021a1 is not compatible with https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html

A requirement of "in order to keep stability and compatibility, you have to adopt a new naming scheme which is incompatible with the old one" seems counterproductive to me. You're basically asking people to choose between stability of naming scheme or stability of data - and unnecessarily, IMO.

If you just changed the names to (say) 2021b and 2021b-equity (or 2021b1 if you prefer) then:
  • Those who value stability and compatibility get what they want, at the cost of equity
  • Those who value equity get what they want, at the cost of stability and compatibility
Jon