Re: Rtree circle ops - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Rtree circle ops
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Msg-id 22659.1156816704@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Rtree circle ops  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> Yes, probably the only way to help the user would be 1) build a new
>> pgfoundry or whatever open souce project 2) provide a commercial
>> support for him.

> I wonder why isn't an option to migrate to GiST?

Indeed.  The reason we removed rtree was that we could not see any case
where it was superior to GIST, and there were plenty of reasons why it
was inferior.  What's the specific motivation for wanting to stay with
rtree?
        regards, tom lane


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