Andrew Donnellan wrote:
Secondly I wonder when NIST or whoever controls tzdata will release a new version (which GNU has to take into glibc, distros have to integrate etc.)
GNU doesn't need to integrate it. Most distros take tzdata into a package direct from Elsie. There are open bugs in most distros on the pending WA change, so perhaps giving them a heads-up when tzdata2006m appears?