Re: [HACKERS] [NOVICE] encoding problems

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(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 15:40:03
Message-ID: 200805091540.m49Fe3D28257@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.

OK, so Alvaro and Tom want this backpatched. However, it isn't going to
match 8.2 behavior --- is that OK?

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