Re: [HACKERS] Can ICU be used for a database's default sort order?

Hi,

On 2018-02-10 20:45:40 +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
> I've contacted Postgres Professional. Marina Polyakova had kindly provided their patch.
> The patch allows to use libc locale with ICU collation as default for cluster or database.
> 
> It seems that this patch brings important long-awaited feature and deserves to be included in last v11 commitfest.
> Peter, everyone, do you agree with this? Or should we better adapt this work through v12 cycle?
> 
> I'm planning to provide review asap and do necessary changes if required (this was discussed with Marina and Postgres
Professional).

This patch was submitted for the last v11 commitfest, it's not a trivial
patch, and hasn't yet been reviewed. I'm afraid the policy is that large
patches shouldn't be submitted for the last commitfest...  Thus I think
this should be moved to the next one.

Greetings,

Andres Freund