Sergey Konoplev escribió: > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Peter Geoghegan <p...@heroku.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, this is a general problem with any extension - somebody might > >> want it on a system on which the admin is unable or unwilling to > >> install it. But we can't put every possible extension in core. > > > > The flip-side is that we could have made an awful lot of built-in > > things extensions, but for whatever reason chose not to. I'm not > > necessarily in favor of putting pgstattuple in core, but the question > > should be asked: Why should we do this here? In what way is > > pgstattuple like or not like the other things that are in core? > > I would highlight it as it became a kind of routine one. Also, > sometimes it is required to solve problems, not to make new features, > so it often can not wait.
Greg Smith made a list some months ago of contrib modules that were essential for forensics analysis and such. Weren't we going to do something special about those? -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
