| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Brent Wood <b(dot)wood(at)niwa(dot)co(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Let's make CPgAN! |
| Date: | 2006-05-22 22:14:55 |
| Message-ID: | 20060522221455.GC64371@pervasive.com |
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On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 09:41:10AM +1200, Brent Wood wrote:
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>
> On Sat, 20 May 2006, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
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> > 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.
Yeah, I think this is a case of 'if we build it, they will come'.
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