Re: tsearch in core patch, for inclusion - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ron Mayer
Subject Re: tsearch in core patch, for inclusion
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In response to Re: tsearch in core patch, for inclusion  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Where on the website can I see what "plugins" are included with
>> PostgreSQL?

YES!  That's IMHO a more fundamental problem.  The specific
question about Text Search seems more like a symptom.  While
I don't mind Text Search in core, it seems an even bigger deal
that it's hard to find information on extensions (whether
from contrib or from gborg or from external places like postgis).

A web page with a table easily visible on the
postgresql web site that had  Extension         (i.e. tsearch2, postgis)  Project Maturity  (i.e. alpha/beta/stable)
Compatability    (i.e. extension 1.0 works with postgresql 8.2)  Description       (i.e. "full text search")  URL
 
would be a partial fix.

> contrib is a horrible misnomer. Can we maybe bite the bullet and call it
> something else?

+1
How about "plugins" or "extensions" or "optional libraries".





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