Re: Extension Templates S03E11

David,

* David E. Wheeler (david@justatheory.com) wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr> wrote:
>
> > Whether you're targetting a file system template or a catalog template,
> > PGXN is not a complete solution, you still need to build the extension.
>
> This is true today, but only because PostgreSQL provides the infrastructure for building and installing extensions
thatentails `make && make install`. If Postgres provided some other method of building and installing extensions, you
couldstart using it right away on PGXN. The *only* requirement for PGXN distributions, really, is a META.json file
describingthe extension. 

Thanks, that's a pretty interesting point..  I like the idea that we
could provide a new make target which could build an 'inline extension'
(or what-have-you) which could then be distributed and used by users
either directly or with some client-side tool.
Thanks,
    Stephen