Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
To: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
Cc: Tristan Partin <tristan(at)partin(dot)io>, Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)cleverelephant(dot)ca>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Subject: Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup
Date: 2024-10-29 18:12:49
Message-ID: B154120B-A9BA-4EFC-9BCC-32BA916ACE72@justatheory.com
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On Oct 29, 2024, at 14:09, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> wrote

> So far, no one has approached me ("the packaging team") about which
> problems I need solved with extensions (apart from the PGSHAREDIR
> issue).
>
>> Is that something people would be interested in? As someone who writes
>> software, I largely find reaching the distribution channels is always the
>> hardest part.
>
> Well, talk to me and Devrim.

So far, most of the ideas I’ve brought up with Devrim and you --- like packaging Go and Rust/PGRX extensions, or packaging pre-compiled binaries --- have been met with pretty clear “no”s. Understandably! So I personally have deferred mentioning much more until I have some more explicit ideas. :-)

Best,

David

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