I'm pretty sure it's not (going to be) considered insignificant. Unfortunately that does not equate to resources (i.e. time by somebody sufficiently crazy^Wdet

I'm pretty sure it's not (going to be) considered insignificant. Unfortunately that does not equate to resources (i.e. time by somebody sufficiently crazy^Wdetermined) for implementing it being available. A large part of postgres development is driven by individuals. Some of it on company time, but usually not most of it.