On Wed, 2023-02-22 at 18:35 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > - there doesn't seem to be a way to add rules to template1.
> > If someone wants to have icu rules and initial contents to their new
> > databases, I think they need to create a custom template database
> > (from template0) for that purpose, in addition to template1.
> > From a usability standpoint, this is a bit cumbersome, as it's
> > normally the role of template1.
> > To improve on that, shouldn't initdb be able to create template0 with
> > rules too?
>
> Right, that would be an initdb option. Is that too many initdb options
> then? It would be easy to add, if we think it's worth it.
An alternative would be to document that you can drop "template1" and
create it again using the ICU collation rules you need.
But I'd prefer an "initdb" option.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
