Re: [pgsql-packagers] Palle Girgensohn's ICU patch

From: Jakob Egger <jakob(at)eggerapps(dot)at>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)pingpong(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "pgsql-packagers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-packagers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bussmann Tobias <tobias(dot)bussmann(at)scnat(dot)ch>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-packagers] Palle Girgensohn's ICU patch
Date: 2014-11-26 10:13:43
Message-ID: 2FB2367D-02FC-4427-8413-5231A1072F6B@eggerapps.at
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Am 26.11.2014 um 11:05 schrieb Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> You may want to bear in mind that postgres.app is on the main PG
> downloads page on the website. If you're patching Postgres to add a
> feature like this, it would become a fork and would have to be moved
> out of the "PostgreSQL Core Distribution" section of the download area
> as we only include "pure" distributions there.

I wasn't aware of this. I'll have to bring this up on the Postgres.app Github page.

Personally, I don't think that shipping a database with broken text sorting is acceptable; but I can't speak on behalf of the other contributors to Postgres.app without consulting them first.

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