Re: GiST for 7.1 !!

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GiST for 7.1 !!
Date: 2001-01-11 02:49:14
Message-ID: 10138.979181354@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)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

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