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Josh Berkus wrote:
>> I don't want to insult anybody but the whole thing does look strange.
>> Maybe we can agree to remove that ridiculous "we don't want hints" note
>> from Postgresql wiki? That would make it look less like , hmph,
>> philosophical issue and more "not yet implemented" issue, especially if
>> we have in mind that hints are already here, in the form of
>> "enable_<method>" switches.
>>     
>
> Link? There's a lot of stuff on the wiki.
>
>
>   
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#Features_We_Do_Not_Want

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