Re: Is it acceptable making COPY format extendable?

On 23.04.24 07:14, Sutou Kouhei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm proposing a patch that making COPY format extendable:
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20231204.153548.2126325458835528809.kou%40clear-code.com
> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/48/4681/
>
> It's based on the discussion at:
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/3741749(dot)1655952719(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us#2bb7af4a3d2c7669f9a49808d777a20d
>
>>>> IIUC, you want extensibility in FORMAT argument to COPY command
>>>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-copy.html. Where the
>>>> format is pluggable. That seems useful.
>>
>>> Agreed.
>>
>> Ditto.
>
> But my proposal stalled. It it acceptable the feature
> request that making COPY format extendable? If it's not
> acceptable, what are blockers? Performance?

I think that thread is getting an adequate amount of attention. Of
course, you can always wish for more, but "stalled" looks very different.

Let's not start a new thread here to discuss the merits of the other
thread; that discussion belongs there.