Re: \describe* - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: \describe*
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Msg-id 20190224001854.pu7iongeo6o7sxfd@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: \describe*  (Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: \describe*  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Hi,

On 2019-02-23 19:14:27 -0500, Corey Huinker wrote:
> >
> > Given that this patch has been added to the last commitfest for v12, I
> > think we should mark it as targeting 13, so it can be skipped over by
> > people looking to get things into v12.  Even leaving fairness aside, I
> > don't think it's likely to be ready quickly enough...
> >
> 
> Obviously this patch is nowhere near the importance of most patches slated
> for v12, but I would hope it can be considered, time permitting.
> 
> The size of the patch may look large (1036 lines), but 650+ of that is pure
> documentation changes, ~50 lines of added autocomplete strings, ~140 lines
> are added TailMatches calls (one per new autocomplete string), and what
> remains is strncmp() calls to match those same strings, so it's pretty mild
> in terms of impact.

Sure, but it was late, and we have far more patches than we can deal
with. Many of them much much older than this.

Greetings,

Andres Freund


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