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 B154120B-A9BA-4EFC-9BCC-32BA916ACE72@justatheory.com
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In response to Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup  (Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>)
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On Oct 29, 2024, at 14:09, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote

> So far, no one has approached me ("the packaging team") about which
> problems I need solved with extensions (apart from the PGSHAREDIR
> issue).
>
>> Is that something people would be interested in? As someone who writes
>> software, I largely find reaching the distribution channels is always the
>> hardest part.
>
> Well, talk to me and Devrim.

So far, most of the ideas I’ve brought up with Devrim and you --- like packaging Go and Rust/PGRX extensions, or
packagingpre-compiled binaries --- have been met with pretty clear “no”s. Understandably! So I personally have deferred
mentioningmuch more until I have some more explicit ideas. :-) 

Best,

David




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