[tz] Proposal for new rules

[random832 at fastmail.us]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013, at 15:17, Paul Eggert wrote:
> I do not favor adding rules that would place further political
> constraints on the tz database's contents.  We already have
> too many problems with political issues that are unrelated to
> the core problem of timekeeping, and we should strive to
> avoid these problems rather than make them worse.

These "problems" are not in evidence. There was not, in fact, any
technical reason _not_ to make the requested change in the incident you
are thinking of.