Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184D99F9898 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:18:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 50295-04 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:18:46 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF1A29F978F for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:18:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l7DNIfLu024318; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:18:41 -0400 (EDT) To: josh@agliodbs.com cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Stefan Kaltenbrunner , Julius Stroffek , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Proposal: Pluggable Optimizer Interface In-reply-to: <200708131608.04405.josh@agliodbs.com> References: <46C0B5E4.4020305@sun.com> <46C0BD13.107@kaltenbrunner.cc> <22245.1187040203@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200708131608.04405.josh@agliodbs.com> Comments: In-reply-to Josh Berkus message dated "Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:08:02 -0700" Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:18:41 -0400 Message-ID: <24317.1187047121@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200708/148 X-Sequence-Number: 26278 Josh Berkus writes: > Tom, >> Also, while we might accept >> a small hook-function patch for 8.3, there's zero chance of any of that >> other stuff making it into this release cycle. > I don't think anyone was thinking about 8.3. This is pretty much 8.4 > stuff; Julius is just raising it now becuase they don't want to go down > the wrong path and waste everyone's time. Well, if they get the hook in now, then in six months or so when they have something to play with, people would be able to play with it. If not, there'll be zero uptake till after 8.4 is released... regards, tom lane