Re: Moving test_fsync to /contrib?

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> On Red Hat, it is not packaged at all (at least not by me), and won't
>> be unless it goes into contrib. I don't believe it belongs in the
>> base package.

> I confess to some confusion about what things "belong" where. Is
> contrib the right place for this because we think it's half-baked, or
> because we think most people won't use it, or just because we're
> violently allergic to adding stuff to src/bin, or what?

The first two, if you ask me. And there's another point: I disagree
with the assumption that platform-specific packagings will or should
include test_fsync by default. It'd be better for the packager to make
a platform-specific choice of default for the users. I don't mind too
much putting it into a secondary subpackage such as postgresql-contrib,
but you won't be seeing it in postgresql-server.

regards, tom lane