Re: Extensions User Design

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Josh Berkus<josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:

>> == OS Filesystem Interaction
>>
>> PostgreSQL already provides standard paths where to install extensions by
>> means of PGXS, and distribution packagers have been able to adapt those.
>> We
>> should just stick with this, meaning the problem is solved.
>
> I think that the user should be able to put the extension file download
> anywhere in their filesystem, and on install PostgreSQL should copy the
> files to the appropriate place.  That is, they shouldn't have to first copy
> the files to /pg_source_dir/contrib/.  Maybe you had that covered, but I
> didn't see it explicitly.
>
> Also, this means that we'll want to make sure that PGXS is included in all
> existing packages of PostgresQL.  Is it?

Apologies if I missed further discussion on this - I'm somewhat
distracted with release preparations at the moment...

PGXS is essentially useless on Windows unless you're compiling your
own code using Mingw/msys, which will be a miniscule percentage of
users. Our installers for 8.3 and above are all built using VC++.

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Dave Page
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