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Re: Retiring some encodings?

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>
Cc: daniel@yesql.se, qiuwenhuifx@gmail.com, hlinnaka@iki.fi, bruce@momjian.us, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-05-24T00:13:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 07:58:46PM +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> Another point is, whether other DBMS support GB18030 or not. If they
> support, but PostgreSQL would not in the future, that could be a
> reason to move away from PostgreSQL.

Yeah, that's a good point.  I would also question what's the benefit
in using GB18030 over UTF-8, though.  An obvious one I can see is
because legacy applications never get updated.

On my side, I'll try to grab some actual numbers or at least a trend
of them.
--
Michael