Re: Collation version tracking for macOS

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Jeremy Schneider <schneider(at)ardentperf(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, "Finnerty, Jim" <jfinnert(at)amazon(dot)com>, "Nasby, Jim" <nasbyj(at)amazon(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Collation version tracking for macOS
Date: 2022-11-29 19:34:03
Message-ID: 862ddcbc-ba23-0312-afee-973b00a257e8@joeconway.com
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On 11/29/22 13:59, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-11-29 at 11:27 -0500, Joe Conway wrote:
>> My vote is for something like #5. The collversion should indicate a
>> specific immutable ordering behavior.
>
> Easier said than done:
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/abddc35a7a447d93e2b8371a1a9052cb48866070.camel@j-davis.com
>
> Even pointing at a specific minor version doesn't guarantee that
> specific ICU code is loaded. It could also be a mix of different minor
> versions that happen to be installed.

I understand that it is not easily done, but if the combination of
collprovider + collversion does not represent specific immutable
ordering behavior for a given locale, what value is there in tracking it?

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Joe Conway
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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