| From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Jeremy Schneider <schneider(at)ardentperf(dot)com>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Update Unicode data to Unicode 16.0.0 |
| Date: | 2025-03-21 23:45:08 |
| Message-ID: | e600a48f238edb3175ce7856d232ecdc59bc1fe3.camel@cybertec.at |
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On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 14:54 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> And nobody has refuted the argument that refusing to
> update the Unicode tables will cause other problems (such as not
> knowing what to do with new code points that are added in the other
> places where those tables are used).
The argument is irrefutable.
I can only utter my (unproven) conviction that the complaints about
some outlandish character being converted to upper case in the wrong
way won't be as loud as the complaints about a corrupted index.
But perhaps both occurrences would be rare enough that there is
little point in arguing at all.
> People who aren't doing the work
> to improve the infrastructure don't get to hold the longstanding
> process hostage.
Actually, I am arguing for *not* doing the work...
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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