Re: Why isn't Java support part of Postgresql core? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From cowwoc
Subject Re: Why isn't Java support part of Postgresql core?
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In response to Re: Why isn't Java support part of Postgresql core?  (David G Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On 18/09/2014 9:18 AM, David G Johnston [via PostgreSQL] wrote:
> What distributions of JRE are available on the Windows platform and
> which ones are allowed to be "privately distributed"?

(Answered in a follow-up email to John Pierce)

> For this scenario your target audience is the people, at EnterpriseDB,
> who package the Windows installer.  IIRC PostGIS is part of the
> builder - and it is definitely not core maintained - so pl/java should
> be no different.
>
> Each platform is different and the package builders should deal with
> making pl/java easy deploy - but the project itself needs to help
> facilitate that end (through code and documentation).  Regardless, the
> core team, for reasons already stated, likely will not and should not
> be the maintainers of pl/java.  It needs to be an extension and
> interface with PostgreSQL via the provided mechanisms.

Agreed.

Gili


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