Re: Unsupported 3rd-party solutions (Was: Few questions on - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Unsupported 3rd-party solutions (Was: Few questions on
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Msg-id 200408222043.i7MKhO916191@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Unsupported 3rd-party solutions (Was: Few questions on postgresql  (Thomas Hallgren <thhal@mailblocks.com>)
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Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Tom,
> > Supported by *whom* exactly?  It won't be the core committee; we have
> > more than enough to do managing the server itself.
> >
> I don't doubt that for a second. What I'm suggesting must be staffed
> somehow. The core committee must be involved though or the whole idea
> falls apart. You *are* PostgreSQL (at least to me).

Have you seen the discussion about the MONEY type on the hackers list
today?  We don't even have the manpower to _remove_ or _adjust_ an
existing data type that we know has been broken for perhaps +3 years.
How are we going to find time to do more about integrating and
supporting more software?

Answer me that and we can move forward.

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