Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> Well, the lack of extensible XLOG support is definitely a big handicap >> to building a *production* index AM as an add-on. But it's not such a >> handicap for development. > > Realistically, it's hard for me to imagine that anyone would go to the > trouble of building it as a loadable module first and then converting > it to part of core later on. That'd hardly be less work.
Well, it depends a lot on external factors. Like for example willing to use the code before to spend the necessary QA time that is needed for it to land in core. Two particular examples come to mind, which are tsearch and KNN GiST. The main problem with integrating into core, AFAIUI, are related to code maitenance, not at all with code stability and quality of the addon itself. It's just so much easier to develop an external module… Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
