> NikhilS wrote: >> Thanks for taking a look. But if I am not mistaken Gavin and co. are working >> on a much exhaustive proposal. In light of that maybe this patch might not >> be needed in the first place? >> >> I will wait for discussion and a subsequent collective consensus here, >> before deciding the further course of actions.
> I think it is unwise to wait on Gavin for a more complex implemention > --- we might end up with nothing for 8.4. As long as your syntax is > compatible with whatever Gavin proposed Gavin can add on to your patch > once it is applied.
It would be equally unwise to apply a stopgap patch if we're not certain it will be upward compatible with what we want to do later.
I haven't been through the partitioning threads at all yet, but I think what we probably want to have when we emerge from commit fest is some consensus on what the road map is for partitioning.
