Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support (nonsegment mode support)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> > There is latest version of nonsegment support patch. I changed
> > LET_OS_MANAGE_FILESIZE to USE_SEGMENTED_FILES and I added
> > -disable-segmented-files switch to configure. I kept tuplestore behavior
> > and it still split file in both mode.
>
> Applied with minor corrections.

Why is this not the default when supported?  I am wondering both from the
point of view of the user, and in terms of development direction.