Re: [tz] Proposal for new rules

On 08/29/2013 01:06 PM, Paul Goyette wrote:

The new proposal (appears to) restore the recent status-quo I'm afraid that's not the case: the proposal would impose new political rules that have never been followed in the tz database, rules that would require politically-inspired makework. For example, it would forbid the longstanding link from Europe/Rome to Europe/Vatican. There is no technical reason to forbid that link; the only reason to forbid it would be political. (This is not the only example; I'm picking on the Vatican because it's relatively uncontroversial.)

We should avoid adding politics to the guidelines. It's extra complexity that we don't need. complexity that will make matters worse in the future.