Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyPjV-0001UB-6V for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 19:14:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyPjU-0000yr-As for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 19:14:16 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyPjR-0000uU-1F for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 19:14:13 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YyPjM-0002hi-QZ for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 19:14:12 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6F2AF48; Fri, 29 May 2015 12:14:06 -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); 29 May 2015 12:14:06 -0700 Message-ID: <5568BA8E.50200@commandprompt.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 12:14:22 -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: Jeff Janes , Fabien COELHO CC: Guillaume Lelarge , Stephen Frost , PostgreSQL Developers , Peter Eisentraut Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely References: <55674016.80005@commandprompt.com> <20150528193556.GH26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <5567C5EB.3070703@gmx.net> <5567CB9E.1030502@commandprompt.com> <20150529031004.GU26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <5567DDBA.8020403@commandprompt.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; 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 m1-26846-13991 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: peter_e@gmx.net 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 05/29/2015 11:02 AM, Jeff Janes wrote: > > Also, removing a feature is a regression, and someone is always > bound to complain... What is the real benefit? ISTM that it is a > solution that fixes no important problem. Reaching a consensus about > what to move here or there will consume valuable time that could be > spent on more important tasks... Is it worth it? > > > Yeah, I don't really see the benefit either. Some could be moved to > core, and some could just be removed, but many of them it just seems > like we would end up inventing a new 'contrib' to which is the same as > the old, but with a different name. Name one. Sincerely, 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