Re: Modifying and solidifying contrib

Michael Glaesemann wrote:
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> On Jan 28, 2007, at 11:25 , Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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>> David Fetter wrote:
>>> Not so great. SQL:2003 has a special meaning for the word "module."
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>> Yeah I saw mention of that in another thread, but I really didn't like
>> the word plugins. Do you have another thought? Extensions?
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> "Extensions" would tie in nicely with its common use in the docs, 
> especially wrt pgxs:
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I don't mind this term, BUT, what we need to get across is not just that 
these are extensions, but that they are *standard* extensions, supplied 
with PostgreSQL core code and supported by the PostgreSQL core team. 
This would be analogous with, say, the standard perl modules (like 
Exporter or IO::Handle) that come with the standard perl source 
distribution. If we can get that idea across then we might lower the 
resistance of people like hosting providers to loading them.

cheers

andrew