> OrioleDB ... solving some PostgreSQL wicked problems

Why was Postgres forked?

I don't want this to come across as negative towards Postgres (or discouraging toward Alexander) but given that these fixes aren't upstream in Postgres - developed by a known/respected contributor, is this indicative to some type of politics / infighting happening within the Postgres community on the architectural direction of their (amazing) database?

I see some comments in this thread touch a little on this topic but why does this need to wait 2-3 release cycles before it's upstreamed to Postgres? That's going to be roughly 4 years from now.