Re: Inline Extension

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Inline Extension
Date: 2012-01-19 17:12:02
Message-ID: E98FE4F0-DA5F-4719-BD1E-34DEE735B59B@justatheory.com
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On Jan 19, 2012, at 7:21 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:

> Now, for the dependency on a SQL file hosting the content, it's easier
> to just connect to the databases and get them the script in the SQL
> command rather than deploying a set of files: that means OS level
> packaging, either RPM or debian or some other variant. Or some other
> means of easily deploying the files. An SQL connection is all you need
> if you're not shipping .so.

ISTM that if you are managing 256 servers, you’re likely already using a packaging system for the deployment of application dependencies. In which case, to keep things consistent, you ought to distribute your extensions in exactly the same way.

Best,

David

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