Re: BUG #1775: UTF8 to ISO does not convert the german "sharp s" (ß )

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>, "John Hansen" <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Marcus Raphelt" <marcus(at)raphelt(dot)de>
Subject: Re: BUG #1775: UTF8 to ISO does not convert the german "sharp s" (&szlig; )
Date: 2005-07-20 17:37:48
Message-ID: 23978.1121881068@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>>> ICU support should make it to 8.1 I hear, which will make the
>>> bahaviour uniform.
>>
>> There was some discussion about that, but my impression was
>> that that wasn't going to happen.

> AFAIK the result was that it would go in as an alternative, but not to
> *replace* what's there now.

The whole issue is still TBD as far as I know --- there were arguments
on both sides but not consensus, and if any committer has reviewed the
ICU patch in any detail, I didn't hear about it.

It'd probably be easier to get consensus for a "make it a compile-time
option" proposal than for a "wholesale replacement" proposal.

regards, tom lane

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