OK, updated. When I read "migrate" I thought "move". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Paesold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > These I don't really understand: > > - Improve rtree index capabilities and performance (Neil) > > - Replace rtree index code with code from /contrib/rtree_gist (Tom) > > Not sure how Bruce got the latter out of this commit message: > > Migrate rtree_gist functionality into the core system, and add some > basic regression tests for GiST to the standard regression tests. > > All that's really happened is that GiST actually has a couple of > opclasses in the core system now, whereas previously they were all > contrib (meaning that GiST was dead weight in a standard installation). > > It's also now true that everything you can do with the standard rtree > opclasses, you can do with standard GiST opclasses. > > There was some talk of obsoleting rtree further down the road, but it > isn't happening in 8.1. If no serious bugs crop up in all the new GiST > work Teodor and Oleg did, we might consider obsoleting rtree in 8.2. > > regards, tom lane > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
