>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
Tom> I'm not exactly following this concern. I wasn't imagining that Tom> we'd assign each individual OID ourselves, but rather give out Tom> blocks of OIDs. Admittedly, the blocks can't be huge, but it Tom> doesn't seem to me that this'd create an impossible burden for Tom> either us or extension developers. Even that's not acceptable. There is no reason why someone should not be able to create extensions freely without us ever knowing about them or needing to. In fact I suggest that "there shall be no registries of third parties" be made a formal project policy. Tom> We could also reserve some range of OIDs for "local extensions", Tom> whereby people who didn't intend to publish their extensions for Tom> widespread use could just use some of those OIDs rather than Tom> having to ask for a public assignment. That's not acceptable either; local extensions have a way of becoming global. Seriously, this whole idea is a lazy hack. Fixed assignments? really? -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)
