Re: 8.2 features status

Tom Lane wrote:

>Not that there's anything wrong with a performance-oriented release
>... but if you think that 8.2 is short on features, you'd better get
>ready to be disappointed by every future release.  
>

It's a pity that some expectations have been raised about features that 
we haven't seen patches for, e.g. MERGE and/or some form of UPSERT, and 
recursive queries. I am not pointing fingers, but I do think we need 
some way in which the community can ensure that certain goals are met, 
or at least try to help if things fall in a ditch, rather than just 
relying on hackers scratching whatever itch they happen to get in 
splendid isolation and then trying to merge the results.

cheers

andrew