[tz] Dropping iso3166.tab

[Steve Allen]

On Wed 2013-05-22T12:07:18 -0400, David Patte hath writ:
> You sure seem like you are going to a great effeort to avoid
> following international standards - why?

I do not see kre's proposal as a great effort.
Technically it is no effort.
Yes, bureaucratically it is effort, but as kre points out,
international standards cannot solve the technical problems,
and technical problems have always been the focus of tz.

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