Re: pgsql_fdw in contrib

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
> Let me push the pgsql_fdw in core from different perspective.
>
> Right now, FDW is a feature that will take many enhancement in
> the near future like join-pushdown, writable APIs and so on.
> If we would not have a FDW extension in core that communicate
> with actual RDBMS, instead of flat files, it makes our development
> efforts more complex. Please assume a scenario people alwats
> tries to submit two patches; one for the core, and the other for
> a particular out-of-tree extension.

yeah. plus, it's nice to have a very high quality fdw implementation
in core for others to crib from.  I have no objection -- I just took a
convenient opportunity to hijack the thread for some hand-wavy ideas
about an extension repository. :-).

merlin