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 7E0F4159-7200-4821-A1DC-0158723969C4@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 10, 2026, at 14:02, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Yeah, if the replacement maintainer is malicious or even merely
> incompetent, things could be worse than leaving the extension alone.
> But that wasn't on David's list of worries, so I imagine he thinks
> that's a soluble problem.

Oh I worry about it, but it was implied, because it’s bigger than just abandoned extensions, as the xz case makes
clear.

D


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