Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Added the Skytools extended transaction ID module to contrib as

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Added the Skytools extended transaction ID module to contrib as
Date: 2007-10-10 15:41:56
Message-ID: 200710101141.58041.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Wednesday 10 October 2007 10:57, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 02:09, Simon Riggs wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 01:14 -0300, Euler Taveira de Oliveira wrote:
> >>> Simon Riggs wrote:
> >>>> I would prefer that we backported pg_standby into 8.2 contrib, so the
> >>>> solution is where people need it to be. If not...
> >>>
> >>> Don't know about the policy to put things in already-released-version
> >>> but if it's not the case, we could at least put the code somewhere in
> >>> the ftp.postgresql.org. IMHO pgfoundry project will confuse people.
> >>
> >> Both: ftp and pgfoundry.
> >
> > Putting it on pgfoundry would automatically put it in the ftp tree
> > (ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/projects/pgFoundry) If it was to go on
> > pgfoundry (which I'd recommend) I'd suggest removing it from 8.3 contrib
> > before we release (cause having it in both places is really going to
> > cause confusion)
>
> One of pgfoundry's explicit purposes is for backports of features.

I can't think of any contrib modules we've added that also required backwards
comptible modules to be released on foundry at the same time. ISTM that such
a requirement would be an argument that such a thing doesn't belong in
contrib at all.

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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