From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> |
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To: | Tristan Partin <tristan(at)partin(dot)io> |
Cc: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, 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 17:47:33 |
Message-ID: | CFDC94E6-2207-4B6D-8F8B-5C427C186809@justatheory.com |
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On Oct 29, 2024, at 13:40, Tristan Partin <tristan(at)partin(dot)io> wrote:
> The backend would create the packages and publish them to the various repositories. We would probably need to come up with a dependency manifest that listed both build and runtime dependencies.
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> This would need some massaging, and has various caveats like require using a well-known build system like PGXS or meson. There are probably security implications that need to be worked through. The packaging team could maybe have some burden lifted off their shoulders.
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> 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.
Yes, I’m hoping to provide the infrastructure to enable a pattern like this as part of the PGXN v2 project. Some details from the Architecture doc[1].
However, I think this is a bit off-topic for this thread, where I’d like to try to account for issues to be addressed by the proposed extension directory structure and search path.
Best,
David
[1]: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGXN_v2/Architecture#Packaging
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