Re: initdb detecting date order

Tom Lane wrote:
> Er, is that really a good idea?  It will make it impossible to
> document what the "default" behavior is;

I think a localized default behavior is more important than a fixed
default behavior for everyone.  We already adjust the locales and
encodings in initdb and this is just a natural extension of that theme.
No robust application will rely on the default setting anyway; if you
want to be sure you have to set it or at least query it anyway.

> among other things, this
> will probably break installcheck regression tests.

The regression tests are not affected by this (which may itself be an
issue of concern).

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Peter Eisentraut
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