Re: [tz] Unacceptable recent changes [wasRe: [PATCH 2/4] Move obsolescent Americas entries to 'backward'.]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013, at 15:34, Alois Treindl wrote:

And there is no need to put smilies onto the mention of astrologers.

They, like Thomas Shanks, Rique Pottenger and Neil Michelsen, have been the most important compilers of timezone history information, and should be honored within the TZ project, not 'smilied' at.

Some astrologers are also responsible for a lawsuit that disrupted the maintenance of this project for a while recently, so it's unsurprising to find some hard feelings here.