Re: initdb detecting date order - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: initdb detecting date order
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Msg-id 200512090328.jB93SaK10447@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: initdb detecting date order  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Er, is that really a good idea?  It will make it impossible to
> > document what the "default" behavior is;
>
> I think a localized default behavior is more important than a fixed
> default behavior for everyone.  We already adjust the locales and
> encodings in initdb and this is just a natural extension of that theme.
> No robust application will rely on the default setting anyway; if you
> want to be sure you have to set it or at least query it anyway.

Agreed.  It seems like a logical extension to what we already do.

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