Re: contrib vs. gborg/pgfoundry for replication solutions

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> 
> IMHO it's not all that important where the source is developed (core
> cvs, gborg etc) - whichever suits the development/release model best
> shuold be used (meaning inside core only if it should be released on the
> very same schedule as the main backend only). 
> 
> What is more important is the exposure of the released versions. I think
> it should be possible (and fairly easy) for projects developed outside
> the core to get included in the "official download page", meaning go on
> the ftp site and mirrors. Today it seems ODBC and pgadmin3 go there, but
> pretty much nothing else (not even JDBC?). Perhaps a good structure
> there would allow more proejcts to get that kind of exposure, and be
> easier to find. 
> 
> I quite often get people who claim "there is no this or that" for pgsql
> when it's on gborg - simply becauase they didn't find it on the ftp
> site. If you go looking, you'll find it on gborg, but if you don't know
> where to look it can be hard. Especially for newcomers.

I was thinking about CPAN.  They have download stuff, but it installs
very easily.  I wonder if we should allow gborg projects to interface to
our configure output in a way that makes it easier for them to be
installed.

The gborg is easy for development and releasing, but loses in the
easy-of-use category sometimes.

--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610)
359-1001+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania19073