Thread: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add KNNGIST support to contrib/btree_gist.

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 07:45:05PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Add KNNGIST support to contrib/btree_gist.
> 
> This extends GiST's support for nearest-neighbor searches to many of the
> standard data types.
> 
> Teodor Sigaev

Neat!

What stands between where we are and including these in 9.2 core?

Cheers,
David.
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 07:45:05PM +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Add KNNGIST support to contrib/btree_gist.

> What stands between where we are and including these in 9.2 core?

Well, the inet case at least is not up to the standards I'd expect
of core code; see previous complaints.  I'm suspicious of the datetime
related cases as well --- mapping intervals to float8s is an exercise
in wishful thinking IMO.
        regards, tom lane