Re: New Contrib Build?

Josh Berkus wrote:

>Folks,
>
>Hey, I can see a way for /contrib to become a lot better option for 
>stuff-we're-not-sure-whether-to-include.  
>  
>

First, I *really* wish we'd call it something else. Contrib conveys 
"unsupported" to people. Maybe we should call it "modules" or something 
like that.

>What if we could build contrib modules through a build-time switch for 
>PostgreSQL?   Like,
>
>./configure --with-perl --with-dblink --with-newsysviews
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>This would seem a *lot* more user friendly to me, and easier on the package 
>builders.  What's the technical obstacle to it?
>  
>

I honestly don't see that it buys a lot. (and the technical obstacle is 
that there's a maintenance cost, if nothing else).

>Also, I think that /contrib modules should have documentation included in the 
>main docs, probably as an appendix.
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>  
>

No, not as an appendix, please. Again, that gives the wrong impression. 
Let's add another main section on optional modules.

cheers

andrew