Re: Final /contrib cleanup -- yes/no?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> Eh, Tom has a point.  If we build module loading for 8.5, we shouldn't 
>> change the functionality in the interim for 8.4.  Annoying as it is.
> 
> The main reason I'm concerned about it is that when we do modules
> (which I certainly hope happens for 8.5) we would then have two
> different old behaviors to worry about compatibility with.
> I'm afraid of painting ourselves into a corner.

I personally find the current way *very* annoying, because it keeps
sticking things in public when I don't want to - yes, that's because I
keep forgetting to edit the scripts, but it sucks that I should have to.

But. I think this argument is a winner. *IF* we get modules, which we
have been talking about for a long time, in the next version. But there
seems to be more interest now than before, so I think the probability is
better than it used to be ;-) Which means the argument for not creating
"yet another way" wins in my book.


//Magnus