Re: Plugin system like Firefox

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-hackers-
> owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:04 PM
> To: Robert Haas
> Cc: Markus Wanner; Matthew T. O'Connor; Tom Lane; Greg Sabino Mullane;
> pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Plugin system like Firefox
>
> Robert Haas wrote:
> > >> > .. an OS-agnostic way of installing packages.
> > >> Uh.. I don't think such a thing exists.
> > > Seems to in Firefox.
> >
> > I think nearly all Firefox extensions are written in XML and
> > Javascript. It's quite a bit easier to have an OS-agnostic way of
> > installing packages when the packages are platform-independent.
> >
> > >> > I realize many prefer their OS-native packaging system, but
> > >> > that isn't the target audience of a packaging system that will
> increase
> > >> > adoption.
> >
> > Really? Who is it?
>
> People who want to try a database and its plugins to see if they like
> it.

For what it's worth, I am rather fond of the firefox plugin for sqlite.

Now, SQLite has very little in the way of administrative tools, so that
tilts the field, but I guess other people might toy with PostgreSQL if a
plugin were available and might not otherwise just because one is
available.