Re: [tz] Bug - Statement by Paul Eggert (a TZ Coordinator) on update process not agreeing with IANA sources
Arthur David Olson posted a message about a new home for time zone stuff in August 2009 [1]. The time zone stuff used to be called the Olson database. Robert Elz provided a temporary home for the Olson database in October 2011 [2]. Paul Eggert was suggested as TZ coordinator in March 2012 [3]. The mailing list was supposed to be be used just as it has been: to learn of, discuss, and confirm TZ definition changes, as well as to serve as an announcement list for new versions of the database. In my humble opinion it is up to the TZ coordinator to determine what to do about the details of the Olson database. Regards, -sm 1. http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2009-August/015734.html 2. http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2011-October/016898.html 3. http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-March/017597.html
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:15 PM, SM <sm@resistor.net> wrote:
In my humble opinion it is up to the TZ coordinator to determine what to do about the details of the Olson database. Restricted by the following:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6557 BCP 175 Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone Database "The TZ Coordinator is an IANA Designated Expert" http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5226#section-3.2 "3.2. The Role of the Designated Expert" Designated experts are expected to be able to defend their decisions to the IETF community, and the evaluation process is not intended to be secretive or bestow unquestioned power on the expert. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5226#section-3.3 "3.3. Designated Expert Reviews" A designated expert must respond in a timely fashion, normally within a week for simple requests to a few weeks for more complex ones. Unreasonable delays can cause significant problems for those needing assignments, such as when products need code points to ship. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/
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