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From: David E. Wheeler <[email protected]>
To: Christoph Berg <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Ramsey <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: Gabriele Bartolini <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Andres Freund <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:03:23 -0400
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On Oct 29, 2024, at 12:51, Christoph Berg <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think this is where the whole idea of "provide binaries outside of
> deb/rpm" is just going to die. You are trying to reinvent a wheel that
> has been running well for decades, including lots of production
> systems. I don't know anyone who would trust that new source of
> binaries that doesn't integrate into their OS packaging system.

That’s fine for Linux, but more challenging for macOS and Windows. It’s also an issue that the apt and yum repositories, while having a lot of stuff, don’t have all extensions.

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