Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vl91U-007hu2-31 for pgsql-committers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vl91T-002bzn-2e for pgsql-committers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:08 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vl91T-002bzc-1W for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:07 +0000 Received: from mahout.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::227]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vl91R-00000000uOv-0b1G for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:07 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=postgresql.org; s=20171124; h=Date:Message-Id:Subject:To:From:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=a5yP2ouwiSwN74s/fV6cb3ClWyd/BCBqseJIkr7KEUE=; b=ODIZId+Zf3cJUs0F0RhypTYFc0 fNlpUcwnHcamSFcZ9H+jeURBchgNq+3AysGA+Cy8X5FSeUMbG7BbOeRxfmQF1KL8oyaJchktmzEwu NBiODNat1bgrt4DwiUeGa3jpcFAgFq+I6PAuOwnu6bZHnv8MWC6l3z47pdK4aI10UGPJbBtmyLINO b5aariNAo3fDuf7KrNhDthQEBu55wNtarwrxbEqcx3GbiGBp6cpMi1t8+LVrVWWiy078T2mPMeX1g WEfUgx48TjoOh37UNt68BjDSfL2jtOPsgUzLv/B4RInh6SA9h9+g6So70PwDbwDPhEQrTKyJWj/LT yYqJJNrw==; Received: from gemulon.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::198]) by mahout.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vl91P-0088DM-06 for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=gemulon.postgresql.org) by gemulon.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vl91O-003D4k-3A for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:03 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7970727453197482772==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Robert Haas To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org Subject: pgsql: Allow for plugin control over path generation strategies. 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