Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyRXb-000077-Au for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 21:10:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyRXa-0006fr-QZ for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 21:10:06 +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 1YyRXY-0006cb-Md for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 21:10:04 +0000 Received: from 01.zmailcloud.com ([192.198.85.104] helo=mx-out-1.zmailcloud.com) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YyRXV-0005qo-Mx for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 21:10:03 +0000 Received: from smtp.01.com (smtp.01.com [10.10.0.43]) by mx-out-1.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 266F7563CC7; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:10:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD5FA030A; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:10:01 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-1.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-1.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 88s4DY5hBOJa; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:10:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from smtp.01.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF7BA03B6; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:10:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15FDA037C; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:10:00 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-1.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-1.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id mLDDhFEp_DLs; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:10:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [172.47.23.103] (50-0-190-244.dsl.dynamic.fusionbroadband.com [50.0.190.244]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F0BDA030A; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:09:59 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <5568D5A4.3020002@agliodbs.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 14:09:56 -0700 From: Josh Berkus Organization: PostgreSQL Experts Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Geoghegan CC: Pg Hackers Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely References: <55674016.80005@commandprompt.com> <5568B43E.5030003@agliodbs.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 02:08 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: >> A. Extra commands and tools which aren't considered general enough, or >> reliable enough, to be included by default, e.g. pg_standby, pgbench and >> vacuumlo. >> >> B. Developer tools, like spi, start-scripts, and oid2name. >> >> C. "Core Extensions", which fall into three further groups: >> C1: encryption extensions we can't include in core >> for legal reasons (pg_crypto) >> C2: example extensions which show useful things about >> how to build an extension >> C3: Admin extensions which are not core because they carry >> risks (e.g. pgstattuple, auto_explain) >> C4: Extensions which are generally useful, used, and >> maintained with Postgres (e.g. hstore, citext) > > I always liked the idea of organizing contrib along these lines. > > I know that I will never be successful in convincing people to remove, > say, contrib/isn, which is total garbage, but the next best thing is > to categorize it in a way that sets expectations very low. Well, contrib/isn is still useful (I use it). But there's no good reason it couldn't be on pgxn. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers