Re: RFC: Pluggable TOAST

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Nikita Malakhov <hukutoc(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: RFC: Pluggable TOAST
Date: 2023-10-26 12:04:52
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TOAcB8MW+wqMQZG+PTdE8S_dGsbvW9mj-cFB18b1mgu4A@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

> Aleksander, previous discussion was not a discussion actually, we proposed
> a set of big and complex core changes without any discussion preceding it.
> That was not very good approach although the overall idea behind the patch
> set is very progressive and is ready to solve some old and painful issues in Postgres.

Not true.

There *was* a discussion and you are aware of all the problems that
were pointed out. Most importantly [1][2]. Also you followed the
thread [3] and are well aware that we want to implement TOAST
improvements in PostgreSQL core.

Despite all this you are still insisting on the extendable design as
if starting a new thread every year or so will change something.

[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20230205223313.4dwhlddzg6uhaztg%40alap3.anarazel.de
[2]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAJ7c6TOsHtGkup8AVnLTGGt-%2B7EzE2j-cFGr12U37pzGEsU6Fg%40mail.gmail.com
[3]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAJ7c6TOtAB0z1UrksvGTStNE-herK-43bj22%3D5xVBg7S4vr5rQ%40mail.gmail.com
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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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