Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:59:15 -0600
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>
Cc: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>,
	Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
	adam@labkey.com, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #18711: Attempting a connection with a database name longer
 than 63 characters now fails
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 09:03:55PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 8:38 PM Bertrand Drouvot
> <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe we can try an "hybrid" approach that could simplify the AlterSystemCatalogEncoding()
>> by relying on a new struct, say:
> 
> Interesting idea, yeah, I'll look into that.
> 
>> Do you think it's worth to move the discussion into a dedicated hackers thread?
>> (maybe reaching a wider audience?) I think the subject is sensible enough.
> 
> Ok yeah, I'll start a new thread on -hackers soon.

If we are leaning towards a more comprehensive fix in v18, ISTM we should
go ahead and revert commit 562bee0 (both for master and v17).  Or am I
misinterpreting the proposed path forward here?

-- 
nathan