Re: Updating the intro for packages - improve usability, reduce new user confusion

> On Nov 29, 2018, at 10:17 AM, Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> wrote:
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>
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>> On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> wrote:
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>> Re: Dmitry Igrishin 2018-11-29 <CAAfz9KMcq418B55Hyv2d97Ur+6dhSo_N_u=Dx93d3bMkOPei9A(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>
>>>> Could you please add the reference to the Pgfe client library to the
>>>> documentation?
>>>> The patch is provided.
>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
>>> index 347b830..c74e391 100644
>>> --- a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
>>> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
>>> @@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
>>> </row>
>>>
>>> <row>
>>> + <entry>Pgfe</entry>
>>> + <entry>C++</entry>
>>> + <entry>An API inspired by libpq</entry>
>>> + <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/dmitigr/pgfe"></ulink></entry>
>>
>> Has that been around long enough, and is widely used, so it qualifies
>> for mentioning here? I've never heard of it, and it's not packaged for
>> Debian.
>
> No. It's been discussed at least once before that I've noticed, and IIRC
> the conclusion was "add it to the wiki", which I did in May.
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Client_Libraries

And while it looks like it has the potential to become a decent enough library it's
own documentation says that it's beta-quality, has an unstable API and isn't
ready to be used in production.

Cheers,
Steve