On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 21:07, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com> wrote: >> Hackers, >> >> I've posted a [plan] to implement PGAN][], a CPAN for PostgreSQL extensions. >> I've tried to closely follow the [CPAN philosophy][] to come up with a plan >> that requires a minimum-work implementation that builds on the existing >> PostgreSQL tools and the examples of the [CPAN][] and [JSAN][]. My hope is >> that it's full of [JFDI][]! I would be very grateful for feedback and >> suggestions. >> >> [plan]: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGAN >> [CPAN philosophy]: http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/12/1616209 >> [CPAN]: http://cpan.org/ >> [JSAN]: http://www.openjsan.org >> [JFDI]: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/JFDI > > One note on a completely different topic from where this thread > appears to have gone.. :-) > > Is there a particular reason not to use the existing mirroring network > to distribute the files? If not, then I suggest using them should be > part of the design.
With StackBuilder, a package can either be listed as a path, relative to the FTP root on the mirror network, or using an alternate URL for something stored elsewhere. The current set of active mirrors can always be found at http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors.xml, so you can build URLs on the mirror network using the protocol, host, port and path from the mirror list, and then the relative path for the file. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
