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