Andrew,
It seems odd to remove the module from contrib for 8.2 and then put a replacement in core for 8.3. I guess we could signal our intentions in the release notes.
The current code is GPL. It *has* to be removed. --Josh ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match