On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:29:33PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > On 07/12/2011 03:44 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >> > >>What about extensions makes them less usable? > > > > > >It is an extra step, that is less usable. Does it matter? Shrug, I > >know I hate having to type apt-get just to use xyz, does it mean > >it is a big deal? Probably not. > > > By that argument we wouldn't have any extensions at all, just a > monolithic product. I don't think that would be an advance. > > cheers > > andrew >
For me, the criteria I like to use for core functionality are: 1. It is available with a common definition from a number of DB products. With a UUID, it's size/structure is predefined and this allows a dump from another SQL product to be loaded into a PostgreSQL DB. 2. It would benefit from the tighter integration with the core DB for either performance or development use. 3. It is a feature where the "extra step" is an unexpected nuisance. That is why I think having the UUID generators be a contrib module is the correct place for them to be, but the UUID type is better as a core function. Regards, Ken -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
