Re: New Contrib Build?

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New Contrib Build?
Date: 2005-05-11 21:55:46
Message-ID: 200505111455.46530.josh@agliodbs.com
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Andrew,

> First, I *really* wish we'd call it something else. Contrib conveys
> "unsupported" to people. Maybe we should call it "modules" or something
> like that.

Agreed.

> I honestly don't see that it buys a lot. (and the technical obstacle is
> that there's a maintenance cost, if nothing else).

It would save, me, personally a bunch o' time and troubleshooting, since I
regularly install 5-6 different contrib modules.

> No, not as an appendix, please. Again, that gives the wrong impression.
> Let's add another main section on optional modules.

OK by me.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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