| From: | Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia(dot)shang(at)crunchydata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: removing tsearch2 |
| Date: | 2017-02-10 14:35:17 |
| Message-ID: | CAPpHfdvNqgomg2mZcc=CDiuvpGHngW0e3oTfBbGJxosaR23oiQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> > On 2017-02-09 19:19:21 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> >> * Robert Haas (robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >> > > Also, our experience with contrib/tsearch2 suggests that the
> extension
> >> > > shouldn't be part of contrib, because we have zero track record of
> getting
> >> > > rid of stuff in contrib, no matter how dead it is.
> >> >
> >> > Let's nuke tsearch2 to remove this adverse precedent, and then add the
> >> > new thing.
> >> >
> >> > Anybody who still wants tsearch2 can go get it from an old version, or
> >> > somebody can maintain a fork on github.
> >>
> >> Works for me.
> >
> > +1
>
> OK, that's three votes in favor of removing tsearch2 (from core,
> anyone who wants it can maintain a copy elsewhere). Starting a new
> thread to make sure we collect all the relevant votes, but I really,
> really think it's past time for this to go away. The last actual
> change to tsearch2 which wasn't part of a wider cleanup was
> 3ca7eddbb7c4803729d385a0c9535d8a972ee03f in January 2009, so it's been
> 7 years since there's been any real work done on this -- and the
> release where we brought tsearch into core is now EOL, plus three more
> releases besides.
>
+1
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Alexander Korotkov
Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com
The Russian Postgres Company
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