Much better to take on a "simple" project like enabling full
sequential index scans which you claimed you had a solution for and
which is in any case an important sub-problem for IOT.
Greg,
Well i don't think i am ready to take up a project of this size. But at the same time some important features are lagging in postgres and someone should start working on them to make the database compete with other databases effectively. So i would request people like Tom, Heikki, Simon and you to take up a major project like this and provide the necessary impetus to the adoption of the database.
I have never written much code in C, and even if write it, i am sure i will receive the comment that it is a unmaintainable code.(eg: Thick index code and trailing nulls code) So its better i start working with one of you guys to get a hang of developing maintainable code. So i would request one of you to initiate the development and provide the necessary directions to me, if possible. That will save my development effort and your reviewing effort.
At the sametime, features like IOT, index only scans are features which are very necesary for postgres to atleast make it get inside my company. So i am putting forward all my arguments as a DB user.
Thanks,
Gokul.