Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely

On 06/04/2015 10:34 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> Except, that is kind of the point. Why are we adding to it?
>
> If you don't know the answer to that question already, then you
> probably shouldn't be proposing to get rid of the thing.
>

I know the answer some people are saying. That doesn't mean it is the
correct answer, that I agree with it or that it is a good answer.

> I think it's because there are some things we want to include in the
> core distribution without baking them irrevocably into the server.
>

I have mentioned before isn't really what this discussion is about.
Stephen Frost and I even went through the entire list of modules of what
should and should not be included.

> Which, IMV, is 100% reasonable.
>

Nobody is arguing with that.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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