Re: ALTER EXTENSION ... UPGRADE; - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: ALTER EXTENSION ... UPGRADE;
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Msg-id 1292013937.3319.47.camel@jd-desktop
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In response to Re: ALTER EXTENSION ... UPGRADE;  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: ALTER EXTENSION ... UPGRADE;  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 15:42 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> On 12/10/2010 03:24 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >
> > Also, once extensions and pgxn are operating full swing, I see contrib
> > going away anyway ...
> 
> We've heard this before, but I'm still quite skeptical about it. Quite 
> apart from anything else we should keep enough extensions in core to 
> test the extension mechanism, as well as to provide examples as part of 
> the base distribution. Some (e.g. hstore and citext) should probably 
> move into core. Others like pgcrypto are probably in just the right 
> place as they are.

I hope that contrib goes away. I agree with your assertion that things
like hstore and citext shoudl be in core but it is my hope that with
extensions and pgxn, there will be no reason for contrib to exist at
all.

JD

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