On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:46:28AM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 01:27 +0000, Andrew Gierth wrote:
>
> > Now, of course, counting the upcoming 8.4 there have been three (and a
> > bit - the original design predates 8.1, though it did anticipate some
> > 8.1 features) new releases against which the original concept can be
> > tested. And, guess what, nothing in those releases has even come close
> > to invalidating the original design concept (as we knew all along).
> >
> > If you're still not convinced of that fact, it would be possible to
> > take the original design and update it to 8.4 following the original
> > plan. But I'm not prepared to spend any time on this if the only
> > result is going to be more argument.
>
> I see the use for some more stable views.
>
> Would it be better to publish them as an external project?
It's been an external project, newsysviews, since before 8.1 came out.
I think it's time to bring it in from the cold. Call the new schema
pg_sysviews, plop it in there, and call it done :)
Cheers,
David.
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