Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup
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Msg-id 3F0B40EC-21B4-4ACF-934A-5AE024BF56A1@justatheory.com
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In response to Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup  (Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>)
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Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup
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On Oct 29, 2024, at 12:51, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:

> I think this is where the whole idea of "provide binaries outside of
> deb/rpm" is just going to die. You are trying to reinvent a wheel that
> has been running well for decades, including lots of production
> systems. I don't know anyone who would trust that new source of
> binaries that doesn't integrate into their OS packaging system.

That’s fine for Linux, but more challenging for macOS and Windows. It’s also an issue that the apt and yum
repositories,while having a lot of stuff, don’t have all extensions. 

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