Re: [HACKERS] "Extension" versus "module" - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] "Extension" versus "module"
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Msg-id 25264.1297734160@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] "Extension" versus "module"  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> I would say that some modules are extensions, but not all. A standalone
> executable might be part of a module, but would not be an extension.

> Remember also that not all modules out there on the net will have been
> updated either, so we must be able to discuss "extension-izing a
> module". (??)

Right.  So it seems like we ought to stick with more or less the
existing terminology: those various components under contrib/ are
modules.  Some of them are also extensions, but not all.

            regards, tom lane

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