[Bug 1920987] Re: IANA tzdata file format cannot represent different country code for a given timezone in different time periods [ i.e. Europe/Simferopol country code changes ]; iso 3166-2 has no RU subdivisions for Crimea

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

"America" does not maintain neither tzdata nor ISO 3166-2 database, both
of which are delegated to international community of Internet Standards
via RFC & to a committee headquartered in Genera with delegates from all
around the world. All of which has lots of experience with classifying
and updating territorial disputes, as and when things change.

I would like to remind everyone to be respectful, and to not make any
generalizations of any individuals based on apparent or perceived
country of origin. Note that participation on the Launchpad bug tracker
for Ubuntu is subject to the Ubuntu Code of Conduct
https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct

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Title:
  IANA tzdata file format cannot represent different country code for a
  given timezone in different time periods [ i.e. Europe/Simferopol
  country code changes ]; iso 3166-2 has no RU subdivisions for Crimea

Status in iso-codes package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Europe/Simferopol,      Crimea is RUSSIA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: tzdata 2021a-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-11.12-generic 5.11.0
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu60
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Mar 23 21:44:56 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-21 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Alpha amd64 (20210321)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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