Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To:
Ned Lilly <ned(at)greatbridge(dot)com>
Cc:
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>,
Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>,
PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> I understand everyone's hesitation about adding a new utility this late
> in the process - and we're happy to be overruled on that (even if it's a
> discrete piece of code that wouldn't affect anything else...) I'm not
> wild about putting it in /contrib, but if that's what everyone wants to
> do, ok.
>
> Have we adequately explained the need for this? Or do people think it's
> not necessary?
>
> If it *is* necessary (or at least worthwhile), is it the consensus of
> the -hackers community that it go in /contrib?
Since it is a never-before-asked-for new feature appearing in a minor
release, and it is probably going away in 7.1, it is lucky to be getting
into /contrib. :-)
There is a good argument that it shouldn't be in 7.0.3 at all, and we
need the opinion of the hackers group to come to a consensus.
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