Re: hackers-digest V1 #954

> > The person who said they were going to work on the IP type has not
> > responded to my requests for a status, and nothing has been added in
> > that area in 6.4.
>
> That would be me.  What I said was that it looked like the thing to do
> was to pick the best ideas the three implementations available, and
> that I, at least, would be doing that for my local needs.  I still
> plan to do that, but having recently become a father for the first
> time, and having lots of projects going at work, I haven't found time
> yet.  Unless someone beats me to it, I will be doing this soon, and
> probably within the next couple of weeks, but obviously not in time
> for the 6.4 beta period.  Besides, I have no idea how to integrate a
> new type as a built-in type, so someone else would have to do that.
>
> -tih

well, this does not sound like progress.  i am willing to dive into PG
and learn how to integrate new types if noone else *who* *already* *knows*
how to do it is going to work on getting CIDR in before 6.4.