Re: contrib vs. gborg/pgfoundry for replication solutions

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.

Now that idea I like. The R project also has something similar that 
allows a standard R command to download, compile, and install their 
equivalent to contrib packages. They even have an automated system of 
testing the contributed packages to ensure they work. If the package 
doesn't meet certain standards, it is automatically dropped from the 
link list on the download page. See:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.pdf
if you're interested. Very impressive, but also a huge amount of work to 
set up.

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

I agree.

Joe