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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 06:18:27 +0100
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Subject: Re: Extension - multilingual_fuzzy_match : Multilingual phonetic
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To: Blessy Thomas <blessy456bthomas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
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On 3/2/26 8:25 AM, Blessy Thomas wrote:
> 6. Feedback Requested
> 
> I would really appreciate feedback from the community on:
> - Extension design approach
> - Performance considerations
> - Suitability for PGXN submission
> I would love suggestions, improvements, and any guidance on making this 
> production-ready. I’m sharing this not just as a project, but as a 
> starting point for discussion about multilingual data handling inside 
> PostgreSQL.
> 
> Looking forward to your thoughts and critiques.

Hi,

For this kind of extension I think the main thing to do is to build a 
proof of concept and see if there is any interest. Plus here on -hackers 
is not the right place to ask anyway since this list is mostly concerned 
with hacking on PostgreSQL and not concerned with writing extensions.

There are other places where actual PostgreSQL users hang out, e.g. the 
-general mailing list, but in those places I would still recommend 
showing up with a PoC extension. People are much more interested in 
giving feedback if there is some code rather than giving feedback to a 
plan for something which may not even get built.

Andreas