Re: [HACKERS] [NOVICE] encoding problems

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Guillaume Smet <guillaume(dot)smet(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Cliff Nieuwenhuis <cliff(at)nieusite(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [NOVICE] encoding problems
Date: 2008-05-09 14:39:33
Message-ID: 13753.1210343973@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Guillaume Smet wrote:
>> I understand your point of view but I really think it's more a
>> regression fix than a behavior change.

> If I can get other hackers to say we should backpatch we can consider
> it.

Well, 8.3 is already different from 8.2, and a lot of people will see
this particular aspect of it as a regression. I'm okay with
backpatching to 8.3 ... though the patch needed rather more testing
than you gave it.

regards, tom lane

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