Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
Cc: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely
Date: 2015-05-29 19:14:22
Message-ID: 5568BA8E.50200@commandprompt.com
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On 05/29/2015 11:02 AM, Jeff Janes wrote:

>
> Also, removing a feature is a regression, and someone is always
> bound to complain... What is the real benefit? ISTM that it is a
> solution that fixes no important problem. Reaching a consensus about
> what to move here or there will consume valuable time that could be
> spent on more important tasks... Is it worth it?
>
>
> Yeah, I don't really see the benefit either. Some could be moved to
> core, and some could just be removed, but many of them it just seems
> like we would end up inventing a new 'contrib' to which is the same as
> the old, but with a different name.

Name one.

Sincerely,

JD
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