Re: [HACKERS] Custom compression methods

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Ildus Kurbangaliev <i(dot)kurbangaliev(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Custom compression methods
Date: 2021-03-19 21:29:46
Message-ID: 20210319212946.cmdp4po63uu6s5rp@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2021-03-19 22:19:49 +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> Yeah. And why does it even require pkg-config, unlike any other library
> that I'm aware of?

IMO it's fine to require pkg-config to simplify the configure
code. Especially for new optional features. Adding multiple alternative
ways to discover libraries for something like this makes configure
slower, without a comensurate benefit.

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