Re: Three weeks left until feature freeze

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cc: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Satoshi Nagayasu <nagayasus(at)nttdata(dot)co(dot)jp>, Thomas Hallgren <thomas(at)tada(dot)se>
Subject: Re: Three weeks left until feature freeze
Date: 2006-07-13 17:02:29
Message-ID: 44B67CA5.80801@commandprompt.com
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>> I'm being objective here, and PL/J is not nearly as stable or
>> well-maintained... that means a lot to me or to anyone who looks at
>> using a Java PL.
> Doesn't EDB sponsor pl/java ? I would think that might make you somewhat
> subjective ?

Dave,

I don't think so in this situation. It is in EDB's best interest to
sponsor the product that works best for them. Right now (maybe not for
everyone) that is clearly pl/java.

> That being said, pl-j is not as mature as pl/java, however I don't
> believe that is a valid reason for exclusion.
> Open source projects by their nature gain maturity by exposure.

It is a valid reason if it is going to be in core.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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