| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Plugin system like Firefox |
| Date: | 2008-08-13 04:04:23 |
| Message-ID: | 200808130404.m7D44Nq20977@momjian.us |
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Robert Haas wrote:
> >> > .. an OS-agnostic way of installing packages.
> >> Uh.. I don't think such a thing exists.
> > Seems to in Firefox.
>
> I think nearly all Firefox extensions are written in XML and
> Javascript. It's quite a bit easier to have an OS-agnostic way of
> installing packages when the packages are platform-independent.
>
> >> > I realize many prefer their OS-native packaging system, but
> >> > that isn't the target audience of a packaging system that will increase
> >> > adoption.
>
> Really? Who is it?
People who want to try a database and its plugins to see if they like
it.
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