CommitFest wrap-up

We're now just a day or two from the end of this CommitFest and there
are still a LOT of open patches - to be specific, 23.Here's a brief
synopsis of where we are with the others, all IMO of course.

- fix for seg picksplit function - I don't have confidence this change
is for the best and can't take responsibility for it. It needs review
by a committer who understands this stuff better than me and can
determine whether or not the change is really an improvement.
- unlogged tables - This is not going to get fully resolved in the
next two days. I'll move it to the next CF and keep plugging away at
it.
- instrument checkpoint sync calls - I plan to commit this in the next
48 hours. (Hopefully Greg Smith will do the cleanup I suggested, if
not I'll do it.)
- explain analyze getrusage tracking - It seems clear to mark this as
Returned with Feedback.
- synchronous replication - and...
- synchronous replication, transaction-controlled - If we want to get
this feature into 9.1, we had better get a move on. But I don't
currently have it in my time budget to deal with this.
- serializable lock consistency - I am fairly certain this needs
rebasing. I don't have time to deal with it right away. That sucks,
because I think this is a really important change.
- MERGE command - Returned with Feedback? Not sure where we stand with this.
- Add primary key using an existing index - Returned with Feedback
unless a committer is available immediately to pick this up and finish
it off.
- SQL/MED - core functionality - Seems clear to move this to the next
CF and keep working on it.
- Idle in transaction cancellation V3 - I think this is waiting on
further review. Can anyone work on this one RSN?
- Writeable CTEs - I think we need Tom to pick this one up.
- Per-column collation - Bump to next CF, unless Peter is planning to
commit imminently.
- Tab completion in psql for triggers on views - Added to CF late,
suggest we bump it to the next CF where it will have a leg up by
virtue of already being marked Ready for Committer.
- SQL/MED - file_fdw - Discussion is ongoing, but I see no harm in
marking this Returned with Feedback for now in anticipation of a new
version before CF 2011-01.
- SQL/MED - postgresql_fdw - Hasn't received as much review, I think,
so should probably be moved to next CF as-is.
- Label switcher function (trusted procedure) - I plan to commit this
with whatever changes are needed within the next 48 hours.
- Extensions - Still under active discussion, suggested we move to next CF.
- Fix snapshot taking inconsistencies - Ready for committer. Can any
committer pick this up?
- Crash dump handler for Windows. Magnus?
- Directory archive format for pg_dump. Heikki?
- WIP patch for parallel dump. Returned with Feedback?

All in all it's disappointing to have so many major patches
outstanding at this point in the CommitFest, but I think we're just
going to have to make the best of it.

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Robert Haas
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