Do we want to enable a ICU build option in 8.2? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 12:55:18AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Fine for you, not so fine for other people with different concerns. > > > > I'm not unsympathetic to your general point, but black-and-white > > arguments won't get far in this discussion. It's all about tradeoffs > > ... it's most definitely not about one-size-fits-all. > > What I find most confusing is that the patch for adding ICU to postgres > (using a configure switch) has been around for a while, at one point it > was even in the queue for 8.2: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-08/msg00309.php > > It's vanished from there, not sure why. Even so, we still get regular > requests for it. Presumably it was removed here: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-03/msg00233.php > > Given the patch does nothing if you don't enable it, I'm not quite sure > what the downsides would be... > > Have a nice day, > -- > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > > litigate. -- End of PGP section, PGP failed! -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
