| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | Jakob Egger <jakob(at)eggerapps(dot)at> |
| 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 10:20:23 |
| Message-ID: | CA+OCxowDGDxjya8LDKKO_NS4f2OpwKp5npQsAQZ0w8xx5jc0fg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Jakob Egger <jakob(at)eggerapps(dot)at> wrote:
> 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.
Right - but the correct course of action would be to get the problem
fixed in PostgreSQL itself, not to fork the code which could lead to
other problems for users.
--
Dave Page
PostgreSQL Core Team
http://www.postgresql.org/
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