On 9 November 2011 02:42, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> wrote: >> Why is this marked as done on with Wiki's todo list? > > I assume you're referring to this item: > > -- > \dd is missing comments for several types of objects. Comments are > not handled at all for some object types, and are handled by both \dd > and the individual backslash command for others. Consider a system > view like pg_comments to manage this mess. > -- > > What we did is modify psql so that all the backslash commands display > comments for their corresponding object types, at least when the + > modifier is used. We then made \dd display comments for all object > types that lack their own backslash commands. That seems like it > pretty much covers the todo item. > > I initially thought that pg_comments could be used *by psql*, which > seemed to me a good argument in favor of its general utility. When we > didn't end up doing it that way, the view got less appealing to me. > I'm still willing to add it if enough people say they want it, but so > far I think we've gotten about three votes between +0.25 and +0.50 and > a -1 from Tom. Which is not really enough for me to feel like pulling > the trigger.
Okay, I've skim-read this topic too lightly. I understand now. Can I ask, for which type of object are there comments for which we still can't easily find without this proposed view? -- Thom Brown Twitter: @darkixion IRC (freenode): dark_ixion Registered Linux user: #516935 EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
