Re: PostgreSQL 10 (latest beta) and older ICU

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Victor Wagner <vitus(at)wagner(dot)pp(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 10 (latest beta) and older ICU
Date: 2017-08-01 13:49:13
Message-ID: 11781.1501595353@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Victor Wagner <vitus(at)wagner(dot)pp(dot)ru> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I don't know that we can already reach that conclusion. Maybe the

> Because it was fixed in subsequent versions.

> And 4.2 is first version where this function appeared.
> So, we still have problems with SLES11 which use even older version and
> have to be supported at least two more years.

I think the answer is very clear: we do not need to support old broken
versions of ICU, especially not in our first release. We'll have enough
to do making the code stable and performant with good versions of ICU.

regards, tom lane

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