Re: Who is a maintainer of GiST code ?

OK, now I understand the situation. Another question:
Who is a maintainer of Rtree code ? We have a problem with
handling NULL values in GiST. Any thought how NULL values
are handle in Rtree.
regards,    Oleg
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:23:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
> To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> Cc: Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>,
>     PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Who is a maintainer of GiST code ?
> 
> > Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
> > > I checked 7.1 feature list and didn't find any mention about GiST
> > > but there are changes in GiST code. Who is a maintainer of GiST code ?
> > 
> > You are ;-).  If you expect to find someone who understands GiST better
> > than you, you're probably out of luck.
> > 
> > I recall having made a number of changes that applied to all of the
> > index access methods, including GiST --- but I was just changing
> > similar code in all the methods.  I don't claim to know anything
> > about GiST in particular.
> 
> I know I met someone who said they invented Gist.  Tom, was that at the
> Database Summit?  I can't think of that person's name now.  I think
> there are some papers at Berkeley or a web site that goes into it in
> detail.
> 
> 
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