Re: Open issues for collations

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On lr, 2011-03-26 at 00:36 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> * Remove initdb's warning about useless locales? Seems like pointless
>> noise, or at least something that can be relegated to debug mode.

> Quick question on this: Should we at least warn if zero suitable
> locales were found or some other problem scenario? Or should we just
> wait around and see what actual problems, if any, will be reported?

Well, my opinion is that normal users never see the output of initdb
at all, so I don't think there's that much value in complaining there.
But I don't have a serious objection to complaining if we couldn't find
any usable locales at all, either.

regards, tom lane