Re: Maliing list request: pgsql-forks@

On 7/30/19 7:43 PM, Nasby, Jim wrote:
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>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
>>
>>> On 30 Jul 2019, at 16:35, Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 06:42, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (and while I do like blue for the color of the bike ;) I think that
>>>> "distributions" is too close to "packaging" and could be confusing.
>>>>
>>>> Why I suggested "-extensions" is that it appears to be inclusive of
>>>> things that augment PostgreSQL abilities, be they actual PG extensions
>>>> or forks.
>>>
>>> +1 for "-extensions" over "-distributions". An extension generally doesn't imply an entire distribution. When I first saw "-distributions", my thought was, "Don't we have that list already?”
>>
>> Fair enough. As long as we paint it a color, regardless of which, I’m happy to
>> park there.
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> My concern about calling this -extensions is that it’s really meant for people that are at least at the level of C extensions (and probably only those making use of hooks). That’s a relatively small number of extensions, even if they are some of the most important extensions.

Well, that may become self-evident based on the discussions on the
-extensions mailing list ;)

Jonathan