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Re: 8.4 release planning

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Joshua Brindle <method@manicmethod.com>, Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>
Date: 2009-01-27T21:04:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> Personally, I think it'd be terrible to implement the suggestion that
> started this sub-thread since it breaks with what is currently done
> elsewhere and what the users of this feature would expect.

Upthread we were being told that this patch breaks new ground and will
offer capability available nowhere else.  Now I'm hearing that it's just
a "me too" patch to catch up with capability already available from N
commercial vendors.  Which is it?

			regards, tom lane