On 4/18/21 7:32 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On 2021-Apr-18, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >> On 4/17/21 3:43 PM, Mark Dilger wrote: >>> I'd also like your impressions on whether we're likely to move >>> contrib/amcheck into core anytime soon. If so, is it worth adding >>> an option that we'll soon need to deprecate? >> I think if it stays as an extension it will stay in contrib. But it sure >> feels very odd to have a core bin program that relies on a contrib >> extension. It seems one or the other is misplaced. > I've proposed in the past that we should have a way to provide > extensions other than contrib -- specifically src/extensions/ -- and > then have those extensions installed together with the rest of core. > Then it would be perfectly legitimate to have src/bin/pg_amcheck that > depending that extension. I agree that the current situation is not > great. >
OK, so let's fix it. If amcheck is going to stay in contrib then ISTM pg_amcheck should move there. I can organize that if there's agreement. Or else let's move amcheck as Alvaro suggests. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
