"'Oracle support is not optional'.. well, at least we seem to agree on something."
When we talk about a metadecision to decide when we will decide that this will no longer be true, just what do you think this means?
People in this thread are reacting as though we propose to drop Oracle support NOW rather than talking about talking about possibly dropping it a YEAR FROM NOW.
Sheesh.
Now ... you really think that forking a project to support Oracle yourselves would be easier than supporting Oracle within the existing structure of the community?
That's a joke. It would be harder, not easier. Since no one is willing to do it today, why would they be willing to do it tomorrow?
Nick's absolutely right in this.
The 50% estimate is for reasonably stable code where little new development is done. Testing takes as much time for Oracle as it does for PG, you can't take shortcuts and assume that something that works under PG will also work under Oracle. Surely none of you are that naive.
