Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
Date
Msg-id 20080409141549.GB5233@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a  (Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Andrew Chernow wrote:

> The core of what I am trying to ask is, there doesn't appear to be an  
> advantage to separating libpqtypes from libpq in terms of space.  If  
> redhat follows their normal policy of include all (probably to make  
> their distro as feature rich out-of-the-box as possible), then they  
> would distribute libpqtypes.so which would use the same amount of space  
> as if it were part of libpq.

My guess is that if we provide an useful library, Redhat will distribute
it some way or another.  In the worst case (i.e. Redhat does not
distribute it at all), it will still be available on PGDG rpm
repositories.

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