Re: AW: Re: GiST for 7.1 !!

Tom Lane wrote:
> Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org> writes:
> >> I'm unhappy again.  Bad enough we accepted a new feature during beta;
> >> now we're going to expect an absolutely virgin contrib module to work
> >> everywhere in order to pass regress tests?
> > Last I checked, two contrib modules had to be built for regression
> > testing.
> Sure, but they've been there awhile.  All of my concerns here are
> schedule-driven: do we really want to be wringing out a new contrib
> module, to the point where it will run everywhere, before we can
> release 7.1?

Are the benefits worth the effort?  Can the current GiST developers pull
it off in time?

If the answer to either question is not a resounding YES then we really
don't need to go down this road.  Either leave it in contrib and
regression testless (with a test script in the contrib), or make it a
feature patch.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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