Greg Stark <st...@mit.edu> writes: >> 2433: Erase the distinctClause if the result is unique by definition >> ==================================================================== >> (parts of) The approach taken in this patch has been objected against in >> favor >> of work that Tom has proposed. Until that work materialize this patch is >> blocked, and thus I think we are better of closing it and re-opening it when >> it >> gets unstuck. Unless Tom has plans to hack on this shortly?
> Ugh. This is a problematic dynamic. Tom has a different idea of what > direction to take this but hasn't had a chance to work on it. So > what's Andy Fan supposed to do here? He can't read Tom's mind and > nobody else can really help him. Ultimately we all have limited time > so this is a thing that will happen but is there anything we can do to > resolve it in this case? > We definitely shouldn't spend lots of time on this patch unless we're > going to be ok going ahead without Tom's version of it. Is this > something we can do using the Andy's data structure for now and change > in the future? > It looks like the Skip Scan patch was related to this work in some > way? Is it blocked on it? I did promise some time ago to get involved in the skip scan work. I've so far failed to make good on that promise, but I will make it a high priority to look at the area during this CF. regards, tom lane