Re: patch: Add JSON datatype to PostgreSQL (GSoC, WIP)

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/11/2010 07:33 PM, David Fetter wrote:
> >> I would be curious to the benefit of putting it in core. I have no
> >> problem with the type but in core?
> > If it's not in core, the vast majority of users will not have it
> > installed, and nothing, in core or otherwise, will be able to count on
> > it.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> You could say that about almost any feature. PostgreSQL is designed to 
> be modular, and we can hardly credibly use that as an argument against 
> ourselves.
> 
> A convincing argument would be that there is another feature we want in 
> core that needs or at least could benefit from it.

I would say that JSON is no longer a niche data format, which would
suggest its inclusion in core.

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