Re: contrib promotion?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> There has been action to clean up and remove some contrib modules, and 
>> this is good. I would like to suggest that we should try to move one or 
>> two the other way, namely right into the core proper, on the ground that 
>> they have widespread applicability and should have maximum visibility. 
>> I'm talking particularly about pgcrypto and tsearch2, and the main thing 
>> lacking that I see with these is documentation.
> 
> I don't see a strong need for moving pgcrypto into core, and there's at
> least one argument against it: if someone needs a crypto-free version of
> postgres for use someplace with benighted laws, they would be screwed.

Doesn't our inclusion of md5() pretty much blow that argument away? 
(Just asking).

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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