Re: knngist plans - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Oleg as I said I do believe some things could get better in docs.<br />Here are 4 main drawbacks in my opinion:<br />1.
Thedocs lack example(s). There are some references to gistproc.c etc but this is not part of the docs and if I am
someonethat has just started this is hard and confusing (I shouldn't have to read the full technical solution to
anotherproblem in order to solve mine).<br /> 2. The 7 methods are poorly explained, at least theoretically. For
examplewhen I started I couldn't understand where each function was used. I had to read papers to understand the
logic.<br/>3. Describe situations that gist can be used. I am aware of spatial indexing because I worked on it, but I
havethe impression that there are more (e.g. computational biology).<br /> 4. Why not add some images/figures? (1 image
=1000 words)<br /><br />GiST is a very important and useful part of postgresql but it's hard to get started with it.
Moreover,I am sure it has capabilities, other than the profound, that are not known to many people (including me).<br
/>Plus knngist will give gist a boost, and I suggest that it shouldn't be delayed any more.<br /><br /><blockquote
class="gmail_quote"style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> We
havesome documentation already, Teodor will post soon. </blockquote>I would really like to see what Teodor has done.<br
/><br/>I could also prepare a document with the additions I would like to see in docs. Shall I do it? Of course it
mighttake a while to finish it.<br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Oleg Bartunov
<spandir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oleg@sai.msu.su">oleg@sai.msu.su</a>></span> wrote:<br /><blockquote
class="gmail_quote"style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, 15
Oct2010, Marios Vodas wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex">Recently I worked a lot with gist and read about knngist. I have spotted<br /> weaknesses in
docs.So I would be happy to help if you tell me how.<br /></blockquote><br /></div> We have some documentation already,
Teodorwill post soon. Marios, I'd happy to help in writing docs. Do you have some plans ?<div class="im"><br /><br
/><blockquoteclass="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br /> On Fri,
Oct15, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Robert Haas <<a href="mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com"
target="_blank">robertmhaas@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Marios Vodas <<a
href="mailto:mvodas@gmail.com"target="_blank">mvodas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:00 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I would like to ask in which future version of
postgresqlknngist is<br /></blockquote> planned<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> to be included. Is there any possibility to be included in 9.1?<br
/></blockquote><br/> There's a possibility, but I think the patch still needs some more<br /> work.  One thing that
wouldhelp is if someone felt motivated to write<br /> some documentation.<br /><br /> --<br /> Robert Haas<br />
EnterpriseDB:<a href="http://www.enterprisedb.com" target="_blank">http://www.enterprisedb.com</a><br /> The Enterprise
PostgreSQLCompany<br /><br /></blockquote><br /></blockquote><br /></div>        Regards,<br />                Oleg<br
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