Re: [PATCHES] Adding fulldisjunctions to the contrib

AgentM <agentm(at)themactionfaction(dot)com> writes:
> You won't find anyone to vouch for it because this is the first
> implementation of full disjunctions in any database. That doesn't
> mean it isn't useful- it means no one is using it because it hasn't
> existed until now.

> This is the point where one needs to decide whether PostgreSQL is a
> copier of features from other databases or whether it can lead with a
> few unique features of its own.

Somewhere along here we need to remember that "most new ideas are bad".

More seriously: the current state of affairs is that the
full-disjunction code exists as a pgfoundry project. If it's indeed the
second greatest thing since sliced bread, then I think we could assume
that people will find it and use it from pgfoundry. The question that's
on the table is whether it needs to be in contrib right now. I have not
seen either a technical argument or popularity argument why it ought to
move into contrib.

regards, tom lane