| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely |
| Date: | 2015-05-28 20:11:44 |
| Message-ID: | 55677680.5080900@dunslane.net |
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On 05/28/2015 04:05 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> On 05/28/2015 12:35 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> JD,
>
>> What we would need for this is an 'extensions' directory, or similar,
>> and a clear definition of what the requirements are around getting into
>> it are. With that, we could decide for each module currently in contrib
>> if it should go into the 'extensions' directory. I'm not sure that we
>> would necessairly have to remove the contrib module or any modules which
>> are deemed to not be appropriate for the 'extensions' directory.
>
> I am suggesting that things like citext be made a type proper. No
> install required.
This seems to come up regularly. Maybe we should put it in an FAQ
somewhere. The barriers to making non-core types into core types are
very very high, possibly insurmountable. This is pretty much not an option.
cheers
andrew
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