Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> It's possible that we're chasing a real problem here, and if there's
> something we can agree on and get done I'd rather do that than argue,
> but I am still quite suspicious that there's no actually serious
> technical problem here.
It's entirely possible that you're right. But if this is a file format
that is meant to be exposed to user tools, we need to take a very long
view of the requirements for it. Five or ten years down the road, we
might be darn glad we spent extra time now.
regards, tom lane