Re: Who is a maintainer of GiST code ?

> Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
> > I checked 7.1 feature list and didn't find any mention about GiST
> > but there are changes in GiST code. Who is a maintainer of GiST code ?
> 
> You are ;-).  If you expect to find someone who understands GiST better
> than you, you're probably out of luck.
> 
> I recall having made a number of changes that applied to all of the
> index access methods, including GiST --- but I was just changing
> similar code in all the methods.  I don't claim to know anything
> about GiST in particular.

I know I met someone who said they invented Gist.  Tom, was that at the
Database Summit?  I can't think of that person's name now.  I think
there are some papers at Berkeley or a web site that goes into it in
detail.


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