Re: Do we really want to migrate plproxy and citext into PG core distribution?

"Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> From a project-management point of view, it's insanity to set a presumption
> that pgfoundry is just a proving ground for code that should eventually get
> into core once it's mature enough or popular enough or whatever. We *have
> to* encourage the development of a cloud of subprojects around the core, or
> core will eventually collapse of its own weight.

One option might be the Perl approach of having separately developed projects
which are snapshotted at stable points and included in the release. It has the
chance to offer the best of both worlds by offloading development outside of
core but provide users with a perceived "complete" system.

For perl this is important because they want programmers to be able to assume
certain modules are present. For postgres the case is less compelling since
there isn't an interoperability issue.

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