| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, nikolay(at)samokhvalov(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal: allow installation of any contrib module |
| Date: | 2007-01-25 17:24:59 |
| Message-ID: | 45B8E7EB.2050205@commandprompt.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> writes:
>> I would like to see pgcrypto (or at least some of it's functionality) in
>> core.
>
> I believe the reason we keep it separate is so that people can easily
> make crypto-free versions of PG for use in countries where encryption
> capability is considered subject to arms regulations. Not sure how
> important that case really is today, but it was a big consideration
> last time this was discussed.
That is a good question but in reality people who need to do so, can get
the source from a mirror that is outside the country that has the rules.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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