Josh Berkus wrote:
Thomas,
I'm starting to have second thoughts about this suggestion. I was
enthusiastic about it at the summit, but I was unaware of the sheer size
of PL/Java. 38,000 lines of code is 8% of the total size of Postgresql
... for *one* PL.
Dave Cramer acquainted me with some of the difficulties of doing a Java
PL today, and I understand why it needs to be that large. However,
38,000 lines of code -- much of it in a non-C language -- presents a
possible debugging/maintenance major headache, especially if you someday
left the project for some reason.
OK. You're the one that suggested this submission attempt. There's not much point in
pursuing it if you have second thoughts.
> Maybe we do need to look at a plug-in build tool, instead.
>
Right, something that would allow PL/Java to participate in a build farm. That would be cool
and also resolve a some of the issues.
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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