Re: CREATE COLLATION does not sanitize ICU's BCP 47 language tags. Should it?

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CREATE COLLATION does not sanitize ICU's BCP 47 language tags. Should it?
Date: 2017-09-22 15:43:24
Message-ID: CAH2-Wzniq3b0a8obPH7eaEfSYvFQxBOGq45UZAViRqExcGZNdg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:50 AM, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> wrote:
> On 09/21/2017 10:55 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
>>
>> I agree, but the bigger issue is that we're *half way* between
>> supporting only one format, and supporting two formats. AFAICT, there
>> is no reason that we can't simply support one format on all ICU
>> versions, and keep what ends up within pg_collation at initdb time
>> essentially the same across ICU versions (except for those that are
>> due to cultural/political developments).
>
>
> I think we are in agreement then, but I do not have the time to get this
> done before the release of 10 so would be happy if you implemented it. Peter
> E, what do you say in this?

I can write a patch for this, but will not without some kind of buy-in
from Peter E.

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Peter Geoghegan

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