Re: modules

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>
Cc: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: modules
Date: 2008-04-03 17:06:25
Message-ID: 47F50E91.2040606@dunslane.net
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D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>
> In fact, this may be the way to deprecate contrib. Start building
> modules and move the contrib packages to it one at a time. That way
> people using contrib have some time to switch and we can point people
> to modules if they are just starting out.
>
> Is there support for this idea? I would like to start exploring this
> if so.
>
>

No. I don't want to deprecate it, I want to get rid of it, lock, stock
and barrel. If you think that we need more than renaming then we can
discuss it, but I don't want a long death, I want one that is certain
and swift.

cheers

andrew

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  • Re: modules at 2008-04-03 17:30:11 from Tom Dunstan

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