On 8 October 2012 11:14, Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> wrote:
>> So I think we need 2 new settings: one called "Postgres92", one called
>> "Postgres93". 93 has the new settings and is the default.
>>
>> "Default" would no longer map to anything, to make sure we have an
>> explicit break of compatibility.
>
> Removing the timezone abbreviations from the default settings is
> probably the wrong approach. People use them, I use them, and my
> original request to add FET came from the fact that someone wanted to
> use it.
Sorry for any confusion. I've not suggested removing timezone
abbreviations, nor do I wish to do so.
I did suggest that we do not rely upon TZ abbreviations in any code
shipped by PostgreSQL project, but I suspect that is a non-problem
anyway.
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