Re: Open 7.3 items

Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > I have seen some negative reactions to the feature.  I am willing to ask
> > for a vote, if that is what people want.  If not, I will apply the patch
> > in the next day or two.
> 
> So are you calling for a vote or just willing to ask for one?  I vote for
> putting it in contrib and letting whoever wants it apply it and use it.
> The more we discuss it the worse it looks.

I can do a vote.  However, seeing many positive comments about the
patch, and 1-2 negative ones (with no suggestion on how to improve it),
I don't think the negative votes will win.

I usually do a vote when the email comments are coming in kind of close.

Specifically, in the thread, I have Vince and Peter as negative, and >7
positive, I think.

Look at the contraints I am under to implement what is effectively
username schemas:
small patch, no bloat, because it isn't a core featuremultiple global usersno namespace collisions between
global/non-globaluserszero performance impact32-byte user string coming from the client
 

Specifically, what is ugly about it?  Is it that global users have an @
at the end of their names?  How do we prevent namespace collisions
_without_ doing this?  I am all ears.

--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610)
359-1001+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania19073