On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:

> "David E. Wheeler" <da...@kineticode.com> writes:
>> The fact that the last two messages in the thread say something else
>> does not mean that they represent the consensus.
> 
> Yeah, but as I'm the one writing the code, I gave myself more than one
> vote. And did consider the alternatives but didn't like them so much.

Just so long as you're aware that you might get more challenges on this going 
forward.

> Most are, but it's not for granted.  See adminpack.  Or earthdistance
> that I had to make not-relocatable for lack of dependency support, as it
> depends on cube and ALTER EXTENSION earthdistance SET SCHEMA foo would
> have relocated cube too.  We said dependency can wait until v2.
> 
> I don't see the benefit of having the 'relocatable' property optional in
> the control file, but I see a huge drawback.  Requiring it will force
> extension authors to at least have a glance at the docs to understand
> how to set it.  It's important not to overlook it.

I guess. I'll have to think about how to support it in PGXN, though. And the 
upgrade keys if they stay in.

David


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