| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> |
| Cc: | Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: deprecating contrib for PGXN |
| Date: | 2011-05-18 16:15:50 |
| Message-ID: | 0F4FE790-B356-4491-A1FB-FC8710C8944C@kineticode.com |
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On May 18, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> The other problem is that the facility we need to provide the most is
> binary distributions (think apt-get). Lots of site won't ever compile
> stuff on their production servers. So while PGXN is a good tool, it's
> not a universal answer.
Yeah, I would think that, *if* we were to seriously look at deprecating contrib (and I'm not suggesting that at all), one would *first* need to solve the binary distribution problems.
I think building tools so that PGXN distributions are automatically harvested and turned into StackBuilder/RPM/.deb binaries would be the place to start on that.
Best,
David
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