[tz] unofficial tz repository on github

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> I don't intend to set up a competing public repository, no.
> The IANA's repository is private and there are no plans to change this.
> The IANA's public distribution will continue to be the "canonical" one.

But the IANA repository is git, too? Can you elaborate on why it's private?

Cheers,

Dirkjan