| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | Wolfgang Keller <feliphil(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgadmin-support <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: postgresql_autodoc integration in PgAdmin? |
| Date: | 2009-12-02 08:59:51 |
| Message-ID: | 937d27e10912020059g75b637c6t5ba616bc0deecff@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Wolfgang Keller <feliphil(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> It's written in Perl. pgAdmin is C++.
>
> I know, but...
>
> A lot of free software (OpenOffice, Gimp, Inkscape...) is written in C++ and integrates e.g. Python scripts. Without that the user has to notice it. Should this be impossible with a Perl script? *duck*
Python has an embeddable interpreter which has a liberal licence which
is compatible with pgAdmin's licence (iirc). Unfortunately, Perl's
licence is not compatible which makes it much less convenient to
provide fully functional binary builds.
> Being able to use autodoc as another reporting tool would be "quite nice".
I don't disagree.
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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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