On 2019-06-22 01:39:36 (+0530), Brian Inglis wrote:
Perhaps this would be a good time to reduce the dispute surface by removing all country codes, all compatibility links, and all English time zone abbreviations, from all time zone data files, generating POSIX %z abbreviations.
...thus making the tz database impossible (or at least substantially more difficult) to maintain and understand.
Alternatively, as time zone data is binary system information essentially unrelated to the Internet, and the IANA connection seems to be increasing the irrelevant disputes and politicking on the list, find an alternate host for the list and the database, perhaps in the non-GNU sections of the GNU organization, or somewhere more neutral, such as an open source organization or site in Scandinavia or elsewhere.
Or simply continue to point one-off politically motivated contributors to the tz mailing list to the conventions and policy documents and let the threads die out quickly. I like Paul's constructive approach to these discussions and admire his patience! Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Alternative Enterprises