Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Alvaro Herrera > <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > I don't think that necessarily means it must continue to be in contrib. > > Quite the contrary, I think it is a tool critical enough that it should > > not be relegated to be a second-class citizen as it is now (let's face > > it, being in contrib *is* second-class citizenship). > > I have resisted that principle for years and will continue to do so. > It is entirely reasonable for some DBAs to want certain functionality > (debugging tools, crypto) to not be installed on their machines. > Folding everything into core is not a good policy, IMHO. I don't understand. I'm just proposing that the source code for the extension to live in src/extensions/, and have the shared library installed by toplevel make install; I'm not suggesting that the extension is installed automatically. For that, you still need a superuser to run CREATE EXTENSION. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, 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
