Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YySSI-0002cj-DD for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 22:08:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YySSH-0003wR-T7 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 22:08:41 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YySSF-0003tN-7D for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 22:08:39 +0000 Received: from 01.zmailcloud.com ([192.198.85.104] helo=mx-out-1.zmailcloud.com) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YySSA-0006C3-Td for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 22:08:38 +0000 Received: from smtp.01.com (smtp.01.com [10.10.0.43]) by mx-out-1.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C56A85645F8; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB801A0395; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:32 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-1.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-1.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2dDgE7lo8YWL; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from smtp.01.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82234A03F1; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56FC3A03B8; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:32 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-1.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-1.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id eaFkugTWwMD3; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [172.47.23.103] (50-0-190-244.dsl.dynamic.fusionbroadband.com [50.0.190.244]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AFE27A0395; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:08:31 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <5568E35B.6060109@agliodbs.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 15:08:27 -0700 From: Josh Berkus Organization: PostgreSQL Experts Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane , Peter Geoghegan CC: Pg Hackers Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely References: <55674016.80005@commandprompt.com> <5568B43E.5030003@agliodbs.com> <5568D5A4.3020002@agliodbs.com> <4946.1432935300@sss.pgh.pa.us> <5372.1432936491@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org On 05/29/2015 02:54 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Geoghegan writes: >> The problem here is that these ranges are controlled by a >> decentralized patchwork of national standards bodies, and the ranges >> are always subject to revision. I think that it's egregious that >> contrib/isn imagines it can track that with a static array. > > Well, that module has already been rewritten once (which proves that > there's an audience out there for it). Perhaps somebody will rewrite it > again to support a non-hardwired set of ranges. Now that we have the > concept of an extension configuration table, that'd be one possible > way to fix it ... FWIW, neither of the projects I know of which uses ISBN has had any issues with the range since the 2010 updates. While the ranges can be updated in theory, in practice is happens glacially slowly. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers