Hi,

Stuart Henderson wrote on Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 07:19:16PM +0000:
> On 2019/12/11 19:57, f.holop wrote:
>> Ingo Schwarze - Wed, 11 December 2019 at 18:42:35

>>>> i have noticed that libc collation on OpenBSD is broken (also on macos) :(

>>> It is intentional that OpenBSD does not support collation for locales
>>> other than "C" in libc, and i'm not aware of any developer who might
>>> have plans to add it in the future, not even in the long term.  Even

>> sounds like all the more reason to build postgresql with ICU.

> Nothing in Ingo's mail contradicts that.

Right.

The reason i didn't comment on the suggestion to make postgresql
depend on ICU is that i'm using postgres quite rarely and cannot
contribute meaningful input to the tradeoff between another
dependency of medium weight vs. the added functionality.

*If* locale-dependent collation is considered important for
the postgres database, then depending on ICU would agree well
with my above reasoning, unless it causes other woes - the port
is not a very easy and straightforward one and i have no idea
which technical consequences adding that dependency might entail.

Yours,
  Ingo

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