Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> It's also quite possible to test extensions in the buildfarm using an addon
> module, which is mostly boilerplate. Of course, that does require that
> you're running a buildfarm member. Here's the code for the module that tests
> the FileTextArray extension.
<https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/client-code/blob/master/PGBuild/Modules/FileTextArrayFDW.pm>

I think important modules should all be tested and reported in the
buildfarm in this way.  For instance, I think PostGIS should report
there as well, so that we know when we break it the moment we do.

> This and the RedisFDW are tested daily or more often, on machines I control.

Yeah, that's pretty neat.

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