Re: GiST for 7.1 !!
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-01-11T02:49:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes: > we've almost totally rewrite gist.c because old code and algorithm > were not suitable for variable size keys. I think it might be > submitted into 7.1 beta source tree. Urgh. Dropping in a total rewrite when we're already past beta3 doesn't strike me as good project management practice --- especially if the rewrite was done to add features (ie variable-size keys) not merely fix bugs. I think it might be more prudent to hold this for 7.2. regards, tom lane