Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> FWIW, hardwiring plus an environment variable would seem to address all
> currently known und unknown requirements, and is not so totally
> different from solutions to previous, related problems.
I think we are converging on the recognition that Zdenek was right the
first time. I'd go for plain hardwired --- I think an environment
variable is more likely to be a foot-gun than anything useful.
(Recall the original argument that choosing to use an external TZ
database is not something to be done lightly.)
regards, tom lane