| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Patrick Macdonald <patrickm(at)redhat(dot)com>, darcy(at)druid(dot)net |
| Subject: | Re: contrib/pg_filedump - PostgreSQL File Dump Utility |
| Date: | 2002-02-07 19:05:35 |
| Message-ID: | 14895.1013108735@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com> writes:
> In following this thread, one question that was raised in my mind is
> what is the intended purpose of the contrib directory?
In my mind it's stuff that's not ready for prime time, but might be
useful as-is to at least some people.
> I had thought
> that the purpose was as a place to put code that was experimental, or
> not stable enough to be in the main tree, but would someday when it
> matures get included into the main tree.
Make that "if it matures". There's no implication that contrib stuff
will ever reach that state; in fact, if it seemed close to being ready
it'd very likely have got put in the main tree to begin with...
regards, tom lane
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