Re: 8.2 features status

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I am keeping URLs in the TODO list. Why don't people submit
> improvements to the TODO list, rather than adding more complexity by
> making a separate wiki for every TODO item? If no one updates the TODO
> item, what makes you think they are going to do somethin in a wiki?
>

Well, since you asked, here's an patch to add an archive link for a todo
item that I'm working on. (I'll send a separate mail about that shortly).

*** TODO 9 Aug 2006 02:48:10 -0000 1.1942
--- TODO 9 Aug 2006 16:20:21 -0000
***************
*** 583,588 ****
--- 583,590 ----
store heap rows in hashed groups, perhaps using a user-supplied
hash function.

+
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-08/msg00349.php
+
o %Add default clustering to system tables

To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system

Fortunately, when you pick up some thread from the mailing list and make
a todo item, you post a reply to that thread with the wording. That
makes it easy to find archive links for older todo items, just search
the archive for the exact phrase that's on the todo item. For example, I
found that thread by searching for "Automatically maintain clustering on
a table".

It would be useful to go through all the todo items that don't have a
URL, search for the discussions in the archives that inspired them, and
add links to them.

> I think the big conclusion we made long ago is that We are never going
> to have enough detail anywhere that someone is going to be able to work
> on an item without asking the community.
>

Agreed. Note also that "the community" might not agree on the way TODO
item should be implemented, or even on if a feature is necessary. It's
more useful to have a reference to all opinions and ideas relevant to
the item, than try prescribe a specific design in the TODO description.

BTW: Just to let people know, I've just moved to UK and joined
EnterpriseDB, so I'm going to be a lot more active with PostgreSQL in
the future.

- Heikki