Re: Policy for Abandoned Extensions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Policy for Abandoned Extensions
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Msg-id 315DB7D2-B932-4876-9C97-6F0F1319FF1B@justatheory.com
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In response to Re: Policy for Abandoned Extensions  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Oct 11, 2026, at 14:10, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Which is not to say that it's not important for PGXN to take some
> action here.  But perhaps it's less urgent than I first thought.

Oh, sure. I don’t think it’s *super* urgent, but as I’ve had a couple inquiries in the past year, after 15 years
withoutany, I figured it was time to start the conversation. 

I agree with your upthread comments that we should aim to minimize pain for users. But it may also be the case, at some
point,where there is an extension with a vulnerability and no one able and willing to take it over, in which case we
mightneed to do something else. 

Bah, I never implemented deletion of extensions from PGXN. Let’s hope that situation doesn’t come up any time soon!

D


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