Re: Plugin system like Firefox - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Plugin system like Firefox
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Msg-id 603c8f070808121812m92e6aabi8fe4ec73a57465eb@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Plugin system like Firefox  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Plugin system like Firefox  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
Re: Plugin system like Firefox  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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>> > .. an OS-agnostic way of installing packages.
>> Uh.. I don't think such a thing exists.
> Seems to in Firefox.

I think nearly all Firefox extensions are written in XML and
Javascript.  It's quite a bit easier to have an OS-agnostic way of
installing packages when the packages are platform-independent.

>> > I realize many prefer their OS-native packaging system, but
>> > that isn't the target audience of a packaging system that will increase
>> > adoption.

Really?  Who is it?

...Robert


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