From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 16:11:44 -0400
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On 05/28/2015 04:05 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> On 05/28/2015 12:35 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> JD,
>
>> What we would need for this is an 'extensions' directory, or similar,
>> and a clear definition of what the requirements are around getting into
>> it are. With that, we could decide for each module currently in contrib
>> if it should go into the 'extensions' directory. I'm not sure that we
>> would necessairly have to remove the contrib module or any modules which
>> are deemed to not be appropriate for the 'extensions' directory.
>
> I am suggesting that things like citext be made a type proper. No
> install required.
This seems to come up regularly. Maybe we should put it in an FAQ
somewhere. The barriers to making non-core types into core types are
very very high, possibly insurmountable. This is pretty much not an option.
cheers
andrew
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