There is a very sharp distinction between providing first-class partitioning, and providing automated maintenance and performance tuning. Providing first-class

There is a very sharp distinction between providing first-class partitioning, and providing automated maintenance and performance tuning. Providing first-class partitioning is something that extensions can't possibly provide, due to how many places this has to integrate with. On the other hand, manipulating partitions (which is effectively automatic table creation) seems like the sort of magic I expect to only exist in extensions. As mentioned in a different comment, it does sound like people are looking for round-robin load distribution rather than partitioning.