This was just posted to announce. Seems the community now has to compete with another extension-based infrastructure if we ever get around to developing one of our own.
I personally had no knowledge of this, which is fine, but don't expect me to get excited about it, except to consider it a threat to a community-lead extension site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David E. Wheeler wrote: > I'm pleased to announce the launch of the PGXN development project. > > http://www.pgxn.org/ > > PGXN, the PostgreSQL Extension Network, is modelled on CPAN, the Perl > community's archive of "all things Perl." PGXN will provide four major pieces > of infrastructure to the PostgreSQL community: > > * An upload and distribution infrastructure for extension developers > * A centralized index and API of distribution metadata > * A website for searching extensions and perusing their documentation > * A command-line client for downloading, testing, and installing extensions > > We have started the fundraising phase of the project now. Thanks to founding > sponsors myYearbook.com and PostgreSQL Experts, Inc., we're already 2/5 of > the way to our goal. Complete details of the project -- including the > specification, implementation plan, and fundraising FAQ -- are on the site. > > Best, > > David > PostgreSQL Experts, Inc. > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > -To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to: > > pgsql-announce-unsubscr...@postgresql.org -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + None of us is going to be here forever. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
