Interesting. I think GIST itself may be too specific for a talk.
However, type extensibility would be very interesting.
The issue is that a tutorial on it will provide free air travel, while a
presentation does not.
>
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2001, Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>
> > This is a good opportunity to promote PostgreSQL and I think we
> > should utilize it. I'm not sure I'll have a chance to take part
> > in the conference, but I'd like somebody describe GiST extension and
> > presents tutorial how to use it. We could prepare some materials and
> > examples from real life. I think Gene Selkov might be a good person
> >
>
> Under some stress and with a lot of preparation, I might be able to
> present a tutorial on extensions in general, as well as on some of the
> GiST, but I am not sure I meet the technical depth requirement. The
> databases I built in the past were mostly read-only, and I seldom had
> time to explore beyond the bare necessity. Now that I am assigned a
> task of building a system with a moderate intensity of update, I feel
> like a total newbie again.
>
> Considering how quickly Oleg picked it up and how far he has gone, I
> think he is now the top expert on the GiST, and I would rather have
> him do that. However, if he can't and if nobody else stands up --
> count me in as a fall-back. Time is almost up, though.
>
> --Gene
>
> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > I have been asked to help prepare a list of PostgreSQL speakers for a
> > > future O'Reilly Open Source conference. If you are interested in being
> > > a presenter, please see the following URL:
> > >
> > > http://candle.pha.pa.us/oreilly/
> > >
> > > Submissions are due Febuary 17th. Sorry for the short notice.
>
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