Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0XZ6-0003mQ-Tj for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:00:21 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0XZ6-0000lK-EI for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:00:20 +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 1Z0XZ5-0000lE-Lt for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:00:19 +0000 Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::198]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0XZ2-0002nj-Q1 for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:00:19 +0000 Received: from mfilter34-d.gandi.net (mfilter34-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.165]) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CEC74F20B4; Thu, 4 Jun 2015 18:00:15 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter34-d.gandi.net Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.198]) by mfilter34-d.gandi.net (mfilter34-d.gandi.net [10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ck529f1iddi9; Thu, 4 Jun 2015 18:00:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Originating-IP: 98.122.164.227 Received: from [192.168.10.146] (unknown [98.122.164.227]) (Authenticated sender: adsend@dunslane.net) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B0C24F31D3; Thu, 4 Jun 2015 18:00:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <5570760C.3000501@dunslane.net> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:00:12 -0400 From: Andrew Dunstan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Joshua D. Drake" , Robert Haas , Stephen Frost CC: "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" 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> <55686D84.4040202@commandprompt.com> <20150529143026.GV26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <5570739E.3020605@commandprompt.com> In-Reply-To: <5570739E.3020605@commandprompt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) 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 06/04/2015 11:49 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On 06/04/2015 07:34 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > >> I don't think it's very practical to talk about getting rid of contrib >> when we reliably add to it in every release: > > Except, that is kind of the point. Why are we adding to it? Contrib > (AFAICS) is all things that don't need to be in -core. That is the > whole point of having extensions, is it not? > > No. You keep getting this wrong. The fact that we have extensions doesn't mean that we want to throw out everything that is an extension. It's perfectly reasonable for us to maintain some ourselves, not least as part of eating out own dog food. And I say that as someone who has created and maintains quite a few third party extensions. cheers andrew -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers