IP data type/ip_and_mac/cidr

Tom Ivar Helbekkmo, how is the new IP type going? I have this message
from July 20th saying you were going to try and merge the Vixie code and
the ip_and_mac code. We would all like to have this as part of 6.4, if
possible. I would like to move it out of contrib, and put into the main
backend. I can help merge it into the main backend tree.

If it can't make the beta of September 1, perhaps we can slip it in
sometime soon after that.

I think the inclusion of this data type is very important for our users
and for increasing the usefulness of PostgreSQL. Basically, this would
be a nice HOT item for 6.4.

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From: Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih+mail(at)Hamartun(dot)Priv(dot)NO>
To: Paul A Vixie <vixie(at)vix(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] cidr
Date: 20 Jul 1998 22:25:32 +0200

Paul A Vixie <vixie(at)vix(dot)com> writes:

> i didn't realize that anybody else was working on an IP address
> data type or i'd've posted this six months ago when i first wrote
> it. it lacks only the stuff needed to make it usable as a UNIQUE
> KEY. it depends on BIND-8's libraries.

Interesting -- looks nice at first glance, and does some things that
neither Aleksei nor I had thought of. I guess a merge of the three
variations is in order. At least I'll be doing that locally, and will
make the result available.

-tih
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