Re: pl/Ruby, deprecating plPython and Core

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pl/Ruby, deprecating plPython and Core
Date: 2005-08-15 18:24:52
Message-ID: 11032.1124130292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I have negotiated with the author of pl/Ruby to release plRuby under the
> PostgreSQL license. The reason I did this is the following:

> 1. I felt we needed a truly OO language in core.
> 2. plPython isn't really moving forward and has the whole
> trusted/untrusted issue.

Hmm. I read this as

Problem: not enough hackers to maintain our PL languages.

Proposed solution: add more PL languages.

Somehow this doesn't seem quite right.

If pl/ruby is going to get into the core, it should be because of demand
for it based on its own merits. I don't think this has got anything to
do with pl/python.

regards, tom lane

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