Re: GSoC idea - Simulated annealing to search for query plans

Grzegorz Parka <grzegorz.parka@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm thinking of testing and improving SAIO as an extension before reaching
> a satisfactory quality of code and returned plans.

> Would then the destination be the /contrib and then main source tree or
> would it ever stay as an extension?

I'd like to push it into the main tree, replacing GEQO, if as we suspect
it turns out to dominate GEQO on speed/plan quality.  There's no reason
not to test it in the manner you describe though.
        regards, tom lane