On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > So, I am going to ask a back-track question and ask why we can't move > hstore into core.
This is exactly the opposite of what should be happening. Now, jsonb might make it into core because of the json precedent but the entire purpose of the extension system is stop dumping everything in the public namespace. Stuff 'in core' becomes locked in stone, forever, because of backwards compatibility concerns, which are IMNSHO, a bigger set of issues than even pg_upgrade related issues. Have we gone through all the new hstore functions and made sure they don't break existing applications? Putting things in core welds your only escape hatch shut. *All* non-sql standard types ought to be in extensions in an ideal world. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
