2011/12/18 Jan Urbański <wulc...@wulczer.org>: > On 18/12/11 04:21, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 7:50 PM, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com> >> wrote: >>> Love having the start here. I forwarded this message to Claes Jakobsson, >>> creator of the jansson-using pg-json extension. He’s a bit less supportive. >>> He gave me permission to quote him here: >>> >>>> Frankly I see the inclusion of a JSON datatype in core as unnecessary. >>>> Stuff should be moved out of core rather than in, as we do in Perl. Also, >>>> does this patch mean that the 'json' type is forever claimed and can't be >>>> replaced by extensions? >>>> >>>> There's little reason to reimplement JSON parsing, comparision and other >>>> routines when there's a multitude of already good libraries. >> >> That's fair enough, but we've had *many* requests for this >> functionality in core, I don't see what we lose by having at least >> some basic functionality built in. > > I think having a JSON data type in core would drastically limit the > exposure third-party JSON extensions would get and that's bad. There are > tons of interesting features a JSON type could have and tying its > development to a one year release cycle might be a disservice both for > people who are willing to provide these features earlier, the users > which are faced with a choice between a fast-moving third-party addon > and a blessed core type and would cause overall confusion. > > How about we try the tsearch way and let JSON extensions live outside > core for some time and perhaps if one emerges dominant and would benefit > from inclusion then consider it?
it should be contrib modules Pavel > > If we keep treating extensions as second-class citizens, they'll never > get the mindshare and importance we seem to want for them (or otherwise > why go through all the trouble to provide an infrastructure for them). > > Cheers, > Jan > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
