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The parent comment said he preferred software with less features, and favored bug fixing and stability over feature X. Feature X could be swapped with any reque

The parent comment said he preferred software with less features, and favored bug fixing and stability over feature X. Feature X could be swapped with any request in Postgres's backlog. I agree with you: all features have to have a cost and value. The market decides what features are valuable, and they get built and supported. SELECT EXCEPT is not one that the market values yet. And that's fine.

mmt 8y ago
> The market decides what features are valuable, and they get built and supported. I'm curious as to what you envision as "the market" in the context of free software, or Postgres in particular, since I don't expect it's the cliche of people literally deciding which product to pay for among competing ones. A couple possibilities came to mind, but, having no intimate familiarity with any major project like this, I didn't want to parade mere assumptions as multiple choice.