Tom, > I think that if we move a few things into src/extension and set things > up such that they get installed even if you just do "make install" > rather than requiring "make install-world", packagers who don't have > any terribly strong personal agenda will decide that means they ought > to be shipped with the server. However, if you're personally > committed to making sure that all of that stuff remains in > postgresql-contrib in Red Hat/Fedora, regardless of where we move it > to on our end, then that's where it's going to be, at least on all Red > Hat-derived systems, which is a big enough chunk of the world to > matter quite a lot. Note that I'm not necessarily saying anything > about whether your reasons for such a decision might be good or bad; > I'm just pointing out that a good deal of our ability to make a change > in this area is within your personal control.
Any response to this before I take it to the other packagers? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
