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From scrappy@ki.net Tue Aug 6 19:57:11 1996
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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Subject: add TODO to distribution
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To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
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Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 19:57:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Here is the current TODO list. Let's add it to the next distribution.
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This was not ready at the time of the 1.02 release.
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=================================================
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====================================================
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TODO list (FAQ) for Postgres95
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==================================================
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last updated: Mon Aug 5 21:00:12 EDT 1996
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====================================================
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last updated: Thu Oct 3 17:59:06 EDT 1996
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current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
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original author: Jolly Chen (jolly@cs.berkeley.edu)
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The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
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the postgres95 WWW site, http://www.ki.net/postgres95.
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Dashed items(-) are being worked on or are ready for the 2.0 release.
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RELIABILITY
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Overhaul mdmgr/smgr to fix double unlinking and double opens, cleanup
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Memory leaks (hunt and destroy with tools like Purify)
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fix unitialized reads of memory
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fix array over-runs of memory writes
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Re-visit and fix vacuum
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can't vacuum large objects
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can't shrink tables, pg_time and pg_log
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-Overhaul mdmgr/smgr to fix double unlinking and double opens, cleanup
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-Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager
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- remove -S (stable memory) option or fix memory manager
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-Memory leaks (hunt and destroy with tools like Purify)
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- fix unitialized reads of memory
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- fix array over-runs of memory writes
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-Fix CLUSTER
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-Prevent improper index creation
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-Change default decimal constant representation from float4 to float8
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-Allow libpq to distinguish between text value '' and null
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- using null bitmask returned from backend?
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Fix all NULL features
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DROP AGGREGATE should take in basetype as an arg
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allow psql to print nulls meaningfully
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-Starting quote in insert string errors
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ALTER TABLE bug - running postgress process needs to re-read table definition
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Allow non-postgres users with createdb privs to destroydb's
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Prevent SELECT NULL from crashing server
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(error on first attempt, crash after another query)
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-Fix elusive btree range/non-range bug
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-Remove duplicate system catalog info or report mismatches
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Fix compile and security of Kerberos V code
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-Remove duplicate OIDS in system tables
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Dropping a table twice causes corruption, drop/create not rollback-able
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Change index creation to process deleted and current rows
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ENHANCEMENTS
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Add full ANSI SQL capabilities ( a vendor has offered to help)
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add subselects, possibility using temporary SQL functions
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Implement HAVING clause
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Implement IN qualifier
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Implement EXISTS qualifier
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Implement BETWEEN qualifier
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add synonym of != for <>
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column constraints (using rules), esp. primary keys
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add DEFAULT, RESTRAINT, and CHECK capabilities
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-add UNIQUE index capability
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report "Not implemented" if valid syntax is supplied
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add OUTER joins, left and right
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make VIEWs updateable where possible
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add UNIONS, INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS
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add temporary tables
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add assertions
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add domains
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add sql3 recursive unions
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add the concept of dataspaces
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allow conversion type casts on select target fields
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Allow compression of large fields or a compressed field type
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Fix the rules system
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robust
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making INSTEAD rules work
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Full set of text operations and functions
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word searches, concat, upper/lower(), max() on text, char
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-Replace table-level locking with row or page-level locking
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Large objects
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overwriting blocks has problems
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there are other problems, too.
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Fix large object mapping scheme
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not to stuff everything as files in a single directory
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Better interface for adding to pg_group
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Make multi-field indexes easier to create
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allow optimizer to effectively use parameters without accessing table
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Add int8 type
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Add table comments
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Add support for tables >2G
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Incorporate the PERL PG95 interface library into source tree
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Threaded version of the server or libpq
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Allow libpq to cancel query requests
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Add REGEX internationalization
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Add other language types for built-in functions
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expand to allow tcl, perl, java,
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generalize the function manager switch to pass
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function sources to interpreter engines.
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Fix large object mapping scheme
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not to stuff everything as files in a single directory
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Fix CLUSTER
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Prevent improper index creation
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Starting quote in insert string errors
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Change default decimal constant representation from float4 to float8
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ALTER TABLE bug - running postgress process needs to re-read table definition
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Allow libpq to distinguish between text value '' and null
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Allow non-postgres users with createdb privs to destroydb's
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-Re-visit and fix vacuum
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- can't vacuum large objects
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- can't shrink tables, pg_time and pg_log
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- allow actual compression, not just reuse on the same page
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- allow vacuum to be run on one table or entire database
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split apart row removal function from statistics function
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allow time-travel to be turned off so superceeded/deleted row are reused
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-Reverse meaning of HBA masks
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Add hostname/user level access control rather than just hostname and user
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Allow BY,ORDER BY to specify columns by number, or by non-alias table.column
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Allow GROUP BY to use alias column name
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Remove restriction that ORDER BY field must be in SELECT list?
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Allow queries about owner of datbases, tables like:
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SELECT u.usesysid FROM postgres.pg_user u;
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DROP AGGREGATE should take in basetype as an arg
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Add word index for text fields, maybe with trigrams, i.e.:
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' (cat | dog) & ! fox ' meaning text has cat or dog, but not fox
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Add common-sense constant type promotions
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-Allow uppercase agregates by lowercasing function names on input
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Allow readline-type or editor command editing of multi-line SQL commands
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Allow pg_dump to dump all databases at a site in one command
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-Allow restriction on who can create C functions
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Allow restriction on who can create copy tables
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-Allow installation-configuration option to auto-add all local users
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Allow function result to be used in GROUP BY
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-Fontend COPY
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-Secure Authentication of local users
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-Idend authentication of local users
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PERFORMANCE
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@@ -61,53 +122,15 @@ Is fsync use optimized?
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Multi-representational types, a la Illustra. For example, have a
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text type that is stored in-tuple when less than 8K and in large
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objects, when greater than 8K.
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ENHANCEMENTS
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Add full ANSI SQL capabilities ( a vendor has offered to help)
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add subselects
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column constraints (using rules), esp. primary keys
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add DEFAULT, UNIQUE, RESTRAINT, and CHECK capabilities
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report "Not implemented" if valid syntax is supplied
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add OUTER joins
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make VIEWs updateable where possible
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add UNIONS, INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS
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add temporary tables
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add assertions
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add domains
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add sql3 recursive unions
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add the concept of dataspaces
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Implement HAVING clause
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Implement IN qualifier
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Add a way to preserve oid's when doing dump and load
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if not, make oid's accessable in insert rules
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Add word index for text fields, maybe with trigrams, i.e.:
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' (cat | dog) & ! fox ' meaning text has cat or dog, but not fox
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Allow compression of large fields or a compressed field type
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Fix the rules system
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robust
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making INSTEAD rules work
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Full set of text operations and functions
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word searches, concat, upper/lower(), max() on text, char
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Replace table-level locking with row or page-level locking
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Large objects
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overwriting blocks has problems
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there are other problems, too.
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Better interface for adding to pg_group
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Make multi-field indexes easier to create
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allow optimizer to effectively use parameters without accessing table
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Improve debugging output
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Add int8 type
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Add table comments
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Add support for tables >2G
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Incorporate the PERL PG95 interface library into source tree
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Threaded version of the server or libpq
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Add REGEX internationalization
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Use indexes in ORDER BY
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Profile engine in INSERT's and other operations
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Speed up hash creation by using btree's fast sort/insert routines
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Cache most recent query plan(s?)
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Allow compression of log and meta data
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Allow LIKE/wildcard matches to use indexes if the wildcard character is not first
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DOCUMENTATION
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-------------
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Better documentation. Write a real book on postgres, perhaps?
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Document OPENLINK fsync patch
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Update usermanual source
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Reduce size of regression diffs
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@@ -115,7 +138,8 @@ PORTABILITY
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Windows NT port
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Mariposa project at Berkeley has a person who's working on this
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Win95 port, use GNU port or remove it?
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Binary distributions for linux
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Merge bsdi_2_1 to bsdi
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Merge i386_solaris and sparc_solaris into solaris
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Switch from PORTNAME to individual feature defines (use configure/autoconf?)
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