Re: Let's make CPgAN!

From: "Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Let's make CPgAN!
Date: 2006-05-22 10:35:56
Message-ID: 758d5e7f0605220335g1fd02155y6c11c5500d6cb72@mail.gmail.com
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On 5/20/06, Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:
> I am not sure that Postgres needs CPAN. CPAN is particularly useful for
> handling dependencies. I doubt that there will be lots of dependencies in
> Postgres add ons. So having something like the current system where you
> download and build packages from source isn't going to be improved much
> with a CPAN like system.

Hmm, I was thinking rather it would be more a definitive system to look
for PgSQL extenstions and a way to encourage distributors to package
the extensions together with "mainstream" PostgreSQL. :)

Regards,
Dawid

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