Re: pgsql_fdw in contrib

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Shigeru HANADA <shigeru(dot)hanada(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql_fdw in contrib
Date: 2012-06-19 16:15:46
Message-ID: CAHyXU0zW5sc63jRNrXCdHn+Rb2XN-SPqB+75TBiQaQb1xi-YGQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp> wrote:
> Let me push the pgsql_fdw in core from different perspective.
>
> Right now, FDW is a feature that will take many enhancement in
> the near future like join-pushdown, writable APIs and so on.
> If we would not have a FDW extension in core that communicate
> with actual RDBMS, instead of flat files, it makes our development
> efforts more complex. Please assume a scenario people alwats
> tries to submit two patches; one for the core, and the other for
> a particular out-of-tree extension.

yeah. plus, it's nice to have a very high quality fdw implementation
in core for others to crib from. I have no objection -- I just took a
convenient opportunity to hijack the thread for some hand-wavy ideas
about an extension repository. :-).

merlin

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