Re: deprecating contrib for PGXN

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> On 05/17/2011 01:31 PM, Darren Duncan wrote:
>>
>> I have missed it if this was discussed before but ...
>>
>> Would now be a good time to start deprecating the contrib/ directory as
>> a way to distribute Pg add-ons, with favor given to PGXN and the like
>> instead?
>
> If PGXN moves into .Org infrastructure (which I believe is currently the
> plan) then yes, contrib should go away.

It'll need to be made to work properly on Windows first, which means
solving issues around the lack of a compiler on 99.9% of Windows
boxes, and consequently, how a binary distribution would work with
PostgreSQL builds that may differ from machine to machine in important
ways (think integer datetimes for example).


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