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From: Joe Conway <[email protected]>
To: Jeff Davis <[email protected]>
To: Daniel Verite <[email protected]>
Cc: Matthias van de Meent <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Gierth <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Sandro Santilli <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Regina Obe <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Order changes in PG16 since ICU introduction
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 12:31:42 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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On 5/24/23 11:39, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 2023-05-22 at 22:09 +0200, Daniel Verite wrote:
>> In practice we're probably getting the "und" ICU locale whereas "fr"
>> would be appropriate.
> 
> This is a good point and illustrates that ICU is not a drop-in
> replacement for libc in all cases.
> 
> I don't see a solution here that doesn't involve some rough edges,
> though. "Locale" is a generic term, and if we continue to insist that
> it really means a libc locale, then ICU will never be on an equal
> footing with libc, let alone the preferred provider.

Huge +1

IMHO the experience should be unified to the degree possible.

-- 
Joe Conway
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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