Robert Haas wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:45 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.
What is the benefit of getting rid of it?
Maybe something could be clarified for me first.
Are the individual projects in contrib/ also distributed separately from Pg, on
their own release schedules, so users can choose to upgrade them independently
of upgrading Pg itself, or so their developers can have a lot of flexibility to
make major changes without having to follow the same stability or deprecation
timetables of Pg itself?
If the only way to get a contrib/ project is bundled with Pg, then the project
developers and users don't get the flexibility that they otherwise would have.
That's the main answer, I think.
-- Darren Duncan
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