Re: Three weeks left until feature freeze

On 12-Jul-06, at 10:44 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 7/12/06, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
>>> Are they mutually exclusive?  I can imagine, at least for  
>>> development
>>> purposes, that someone might want to install both.
>
>> I believe both can be installed and running at the same time.  I  
>> don't
>> really think anyone would want to run both, but that's just my
>> opinion.
>
> On what grounds do you not think that?  PL/J uses an external JVM,
> PL/Java one that is running in the backend process.  (Or maybe it was
> the other way 'round, I'm too tired to remember tonight.)  That's a
> really fundamental difference that makes them suited for very  
> different
> applications; not to mention the resulting different licensing  
> scenarios.
No, this is correct.
>
> The points that have been made in this thread about PL/J not being
> actively maintained are important, but other than that objection,

I expect to see a new release shortly.
> I can see no reason that PL/J wouldn't have an equal claim to  
> inclusion
> in core.  Perhaps more, because it gives us an extra layer of  
> insulation
> from JVM licensing questions.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>