Re: [PATCH] Add transforms feature

On 07/05/2013 09:08 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 7/3/13 7:15 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> I'm not comfortable with having all of the transform mappings in the
>> main contrib/ directory though. Can we add a subdirectory called
>> "transforms" containing all of these?
>
> I don't see any value in that. The data types they apply to are in
> contrib after all.

Well, I had three thoughts on this:

(a) transforms aren't like other contribs, in that they are dependant on
other contribs before you install them.

(b) we can expect maybe a dozen to 18 of them in core based on the data
types there, and I hate to clutter up /contrib, and

(c) I'd like to do a future feature which supports "install all
transforms" functionality, which would be helped by having them in their
own directory.

That's my thinking on it anyway.

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