Re: Why not install pgstattuple by default?

Em 06-05-2011 05:06, Magnus Hagander escreveu:
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 00:34, Josh Berkus<josh(dot)berkus(at)pgexperts(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hackers,
>>
>> I've run into a couple of occasions lately where I really wanted
>> pgstattuple on a production server in order to check table/index bloat.
>> However, in the production environment at a large site installing a
>> contrib module can involve a process which takes days or weeks.
>
I already faced that problem too.

> From 9.1, it'll be a simple CREATE EXTENSION command - so much of the
> problem goes away. Well. It doesn't go away, but it gets a lot more
> neatly swept under the rug.
>
That's half of the history. Admin needs to install postgresql-contrib package.
Sometimes it takes too much time to convince clients that some additional
supplied modules are useful for them.

Now that we have extensions, why not build and package the contrib modules by
default? 'make world' is not the answer. There is not an option for "install
all pieces of software". Let's install pg+contrib and leave only 'CREATE
EXTENSION foo' for the admins.

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