Re: Proposal: allow installation of any contrib module

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>>> we have several requests to improve ltree, particularly, people want
>>> to expand class of allowed symbols and configurable separator, which is
>>> hard-coded right now. Also, we discussed GiN support for ltree.
> 
>> O.k. but how does that prevent it from being in core?
> 
> Once it's in core the expectations for API stability get a lot higher ...

True but any API can be backward compatible for say a release while
offering the new functionality as well. I fully understand stability in
core. I certainly don't want any level of instability, even if just
syntactic.

Maybe there isn't a good answer.

Joshua D. Drake



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>             regards, tom lane
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