| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system |
| Date: | 2007-08-23 17:48:42 |
| Message-ID: | 9765.1187891322@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> FWIW, hardwiring plus an environment variable would seem to address all
> currently known und unknown requirements, and is not so totally
> different from solutions to previous, related problems.
I think we are converging on the recognition that Zdenek was right the
first time. I'd go for plain hardwired --- I think an environment
variable is more likely to be a foot-gun than anything useful.
(Recall the original argument that choosing to use an external TZ
database is not something to be done lightly.)
regards, tom lane
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