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From Robert Treat
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Added the Skytools extended transaction ID module to contrib as
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Msg-id 200710081738.49128.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Added the Skytools extended transaction ID module to contrib as  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Added the Skytools extended transaction ID module to contrib as
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Added the Skytools extended transaction ID module to contrib as
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On Monday 08 October 2007 16:29, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> The whole contrib thing confuses a lot of users. Is it included, or
> isn't it?  IMHO, that distinction need to be clear, and I thought we
> were working (if not actively then at least passively) to "retire"
> contrib, moving things either to core or to pgFoundry. Adding yet
> another important feature that's "just in contrib" is making things
> worse, not better.
> IMHO, of course ;-)
>

+1.  I felt the same way about pg_standby, which would have been far more 
accessible for 8.2 users had it lived on pg_foundry. 

-- 
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL


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