-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/15/2013 11:28 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Craig Ringer wrote: >> On 06/13/2013 11:16 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> This has served no purpose except to >>> >>> 1. take up space 2. confuse users 3. produce broken external >>> extension modules that take contrib as an example 4. break >>> builds of PostgreSQL when users try to fix 3. by exporting >>> USE_PGXS >> >> Weak -1 from me; I find being able to build contrib modules using >> PGXS from the source tree extremely useful in development. It >> allows me to easily install an extension from a newer Pg version >> into an older server, test against older servers, etc. > > This use case seems too narrow to me to justify the burden of > keeping PGXS-enabled makefiles in contrib.
What was the burden of it? Joe - -- Joe Conway credativ LLC: http://www.credativ.us Linux, PostgreSQL, and general Open Source Training, Service, Consulting, & 24x7 Support -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRvLWLAAoJEDfy90M199hllqIP/3ZHKaiOEidUPoRK2n9BrW3b MmHzfzn2rhOxhL4XYSxUz5mI8CDecYf5PXi1m0dwdyTCGUNWSQRiNMzN5x0Wd8v3 TVD2PS3m9XM4tWf+Y1DxSjkrDZ4KZFE8HdKFJUoCu73a0wS+nIerPC28PsPJjfen bBzaWMbZsuY37GUh3uzJW4p/KDrRV5Bh298tP2hgWPCdxpenwT3sK7+qw2Goumly Gdltp6BBkUTxpk42X72PRPx+QUwZJfmQ0QjubR+vkiYSi5otyVB2q1xr+umts+SW Z69dfxyQIp0BHaFpUB1DFVXwx+hmWyNKWwA0mIBIXQhlKh8VZXbz5ENHKnK1xPpK GcO/LFl/z5zI0CMFVFW2nwQPJ8NN+Jmru23Q53FGGsIXXJJJofCDt8U9BDLCGYpZ uq1E1/7HfIkDL0f6jDRrBmdQacnRRYWKmhEGXjQQ1Med5IG3pFiqedZj3d8xCNDU xB1wwAnIOiLnIo8WF2eIeYzuPQ5gN+xZFpUrQz+tt3UBuIsvhxXI1qQvJwRnwJTx O30Aw7zZYbnI+zZvkO1ibyIUUp8byE0DuIBwg2ergKTD4BVpKi2ThIntSXY3W/hO JzwulZfaQ120NBmrDXx641SnkXlRmMYK82KzJcDFMcyR6y04dZVhrUi0Ml2Yno6Z dsi1AdDZJpBJq9nwIJ53 =fVLk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
