Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yy4JU-0006n7-D5 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:22:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yy4JT-0008Jd-UB for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:21:59 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Yy4JS-0008JX-Ex for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:21:58 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Yy4JO-0002j6-Uh for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Thu, 28 May 2015 20:21:56 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B3C9C3A3; Thu, 28 May 2015 13:21:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] ([67.168.169.165] helo=[192.168.1.3]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES128-SHA) (2.1.1); 28 May 2015 13:21:53 -0700 Message-ID: <556778F1.6050101@commandprompt.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 13:22:09 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Dunstan , Stephen Frost CC: pgsql-hackers Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely References: <55674016.80005@commandprompt.com> <20150528193556.GH26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <55677504.8020401@commandprompt.com> <55677680.5080900@dunslane.net> In-Reply-To: <55677680.5080900@dunslane.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-44513-10834 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RFC: Remove contrib entirely X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org On 05/28/2015 01:11 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > 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. O.k., then either: * We install it by default and document that it is available (and how to enable it) * Push it out of core and let it be happy wherever Theory wants it to be JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers