Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > It's possible that we're chasing a real problem here, and if there's > something we can agree on and get done I'd rather do that than argue, > but I am still quite suspicious that there's no actually serious > technical problem here.
It's entirely possible that you're right. But if this is a file format that is meant to be exposed to user tools, we need to take a very long view of the requirements for it. Five or ten years down the road, we might be darn glad we spent extra time now. regards, tom lane