Re: Let's make CPgAN!

On Sat, 20 May 2006, Bruno Wolff III wrote:

> I am not sure that Postgres needs CPAN. CPAN is particularly useful for
> handling dependencies. I doubt that there will be lots of dependencies in
> Postgres add ons. So having something like the current system where you
> download and build packages from source isn't going to be improved much
> with a CPAN like system.
>

Perhaps not, but I haven't found the Postgres site pushing or linking to
projects like PostGIS or PL/R, which provide some very effective Postgres
based power.

If not CPAN-like, how about CRAN (joking :-)...

Postgres is the common denominator & foundation for several commercial &
OS packages, and highlighting these on the Postgres site would be useful
for Postgres users looking to extend Postgres functionality.

Brent Wood