On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > On 05/17/2011 01:31 PM, Darren Duncan wrote: >> >> I have missed it if this was discussed before but ... >> >> Would now be a good time to start deprecating the contrib/ directory as >> a way to distribute Pg add-ons, with favor given to PGXN and the like >> instead? > > If PGXN moves into .Org infrastructure (which I believe is currently the > plan) then yes, contrib should go away.
It'll need to be made to work properly on Windows first, which means solving issues around the lack of a compiler on 99.9% of Windows boxes, and consequently, how a binary distribution would work with PostgreSQL builds that may differ from machine to machine in important ways (think integer datetimes for example). -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
