Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Are we going to add pg_pltemplate entries for external PLs for 8.4?
> I mean new rows for PL/pgPSM, PL/LOLCODE, PL/php, that sort of stuff.
> I think we should. In fact AFAIR we said we were going to, back when
> this catalog was invented.
That was part of the original concept for pg_pltemplate, but IIRC there
was push-back from some folks who thought it was a bad idea. I don't
recall what their arguments were exactly; though there is a new issue
since 8.1 days, which is whether tmpldbacreate ought to be on or not
in such entries.
regards, tom lane