Re: default locale considered harmful? (was Re: [GENERAL]

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: default locale considered harmful? (was Re: [GENERAL]
Date: 2003-06-05 03:16:43
Message-ID: 200306050316.h553GhG13263@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > That is one thing I liked about the initdb mention --- it clearly told
> > them to watch out for something they might not have been looking for.
>
> Only if they read the message, though. People who are running RPM
> installations probably never get to see what initdb has to say ...
> so I can't put much faith in the usefulness of warnings emitted by
> initdb.

True, but for people who _do_ see initdb output, is it helpful, and what
other places can we put it?

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