Re: Re: GiST for 7.1 !!

Oleg ... how about a contrib/patches directory that we put this into for
v7.1 release, so that ppl have access to it, and then we apply the patch
first thing for part of v7.2?
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Oleg Bartunov wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
> > > we've almost totally rewrite gist.c because old code and algorithm
> > > were not suitable for variable size keys. I think it might be
> > > submitted into 7.1 beta source tree.
> >
> > Urgh.  Dropping in a total rewrite when we're already past beta3 doesn't
> > strike me as good project management practice --- especially if the
> > rewrite was done to add features (ie variable-size keys) not merely
> > fix bugs.  I think it might be more prudent to hold this for 7.2.
>
> OK. If our changes will not go to 7.1, is't possible to create
> feature archive and announce it somewhere. It would be  nice if
> people could test it. Anyway, I'll create web page with all
> docs and patches. I'm afraid one more year to 7.2 is enough for
> GiST to die :-)
>
> >
> >             regards, tom lane
> >
>
>     Regards,
>         Oleg
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