Thread: What do you like to get ?

Hello,

(as reaction on this thread:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-09/msg00585.php)

I miss a discussion place for feature wishes. (Is there one ?)

There are recurring posts in the different lists, but it is hard to get an overview on what is currently hot, or on features which are unlikely to get realized.

In my opinion, putting such topics in a separate list may bring 2 major benefits:

   - help recognize features capable of bringing sufficient funding

     (and possibly trigger funding activity)

   - check the interest within the hacker community for doing the job (hence a list somehow between the user and hacker one)

  

On the other hand, I guess that such a list could get flooded with spam/inappropriate content.

Thought ?

best regards,

Marc Mamin

This sounds like something that should be in the Postgres wiki (http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki) not sure if there is a page (a quick search didn't turn one up).

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Adam Cornett <adam.cornett@gmail.com> wrote:
> This sounds like something that should be in the Postgres wiki
> (http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki) not sure if there is a page (a quick
> search didn't turn one up).

> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Marc Mamin <M.Mamin@intershop.de> wrote:
>> I miss a discussion place for feature wishes. (Is there one ?)

Well, there is the Todo list, http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo

But AFAIK there's not a wiki page for users to add or talk about
feature requests; that page says "Please do not add items here without
discussion on the mailing list." And often things mentioned on-list
fall through the cracks, as people aren't motivated enough to build
consensus by asking "Is this a TODO?", then adding to that list. I
don't know that a separate mailing list for such topics would be
helpful or used, but I think a less-official wiki page that users were
free to edit would be helpful. Maybe it could look like this:
  http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Feature_Requests

One feature I'd be interested in is something like an ON STARTUP
trigger, i.e. a way to run some function upon server start. This might
be useful in conjunction with unlogged tables, e.g. you might want to
queue a refresh of a materialized view after a server crash. There are
plenty more, too. If someone wants to start a wiki page, I'll help.

Josh

>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Marc Mamin <M.Mamin@intershop.de>
wrote:
>>> I miss a discussion place for feature wishes. (Is there one ?)

> From: Josh Kupershmidt
> Maybe it could look like this:
>   http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Feature_Requests

Yes this fit very well my conception of such a place.

regards,

Marc Mamin