Re: 8.1 release, next take

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Oleg,
>
>> You missed GiST concurrency and recovery project we've done for 8.1.
>> Also, it'd be nice to mention that PosGIS project sponsored it.
>> Probably, we could get quotes from PosGIS community.
>
> Yeah, I was thinking of putting GiST concurrency on the Press Kit webpage.
> Unfortunately, anything involving GiST is pretty much a "PostgreSQL Insider"
> feature, since it would be hard to explain to the press even what GiST *is*.

This is *our* PR problem we couldn't explain our achievements.

Probably, better refer to popular GiST based extensions
like full text indexing, geo-spatial extensions ? They automatically
inherit concurrency and recovery features from GiST.

Regards,
Oleg
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