On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 at 02:57, Matt Johnson-Pint via tz <
tz@iana.org> wrote:
I second this, for the reasons stated by Stephen. Please revert.
Thanks,
Matt Johnson-Pint
(Microsoft)
Agreed - while this clearly isn't yet a formal voting situation, I believe the change should be reverted.
Jon Skeet,
Noda Time (.NET Date/Time library) lead developer
As the lead developer of [clock] (the date/time subsystem of the Tcl programming language)[1], I agree. Deleting tz names at this late time simply because neighbouring regions happen to have followed the same rules since 1970 (while also deleting the historical rules that made them different) is unacceptable.
Failing that, I invite coordination with the maintainers of downstream projects to maintain a fork of tzdb rather than each of us having to do it independently. I see that PostgreSQL and Noda Time appear to be in the same boat.
[1] This is not an official opinion of the Tcl Core Team. (Not yet. If an official opinion is needed, give me a couple of weeks to get a formal vote. I would be astonished if my colleagues disagree.)