Chris Browne wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Lewczuk) writes:
At this point in time, a much more important feature of PostgreSQL
would be for version 8.3 to be released. That process is running into
*some* problems vis-a-vis the review process.
The last that I heard, it was somewhat indeterminate whether pljava or
pl/j (a separate project) was the preferred way to provide Java
support.
Hardly, pljava is actually mature and works well. plj doesn't even
support PostgreSQL 8.1 let alone 8.2 or -HEAD.
The fact that Oracle or IBM are marketing their Java support heavily
*does not* imply that it is a good idea for the PostgreSQL project
ought to do the same.
Depends... do we feel like competing? Personally I hate Java. I think it
is a waste of resources and energy, but the writing is on the wall. We
need to support it.
We have limited time; taking time from other
things to spend on pljava is quite likely not to be a wonderful idea.
It requires that people whose expertise *isn't* Java spend a lot of
time learning Java details.
Now this I agree with. I am sure postgresql hackers are happy to help
the pljava team get things where they need to be, but -hackers needs to
be focusing on releasing 8.3.
If there aren't enough people interested in supporting Java, then it
is by no means evident that anything can or should be done.
I think his email was all about trying to get people to help with the
pljava project and by no means should have been considered a demand.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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