Re: pg_migrator to /contrib in a later 9.0 beta

On tor, 2010-04-29 at 17:34 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I talked to a few people personally about this, and it seems there was a
> misunderstanding. I was not asking if pg_migrator should be in 9.0
> beta1. I was asking if we should think about putting it into a later
> 9.0 beta, like 9.0 beta3. It would be another major 9.0 feature.

If it's supposed to be a major feature, then it should be in src/bin,
and fully integrated in the install, the documentation, etc.

If you want to put it in contrib because the standards are more lax
there, then by definition it's not really a major feature, it's just a
random feature that was snuck in. You can't have it both ways.

My personal feeling is that pg_migrator should be fully integrated, but
it's too late for that, obviously. Let's do it for 9.1.

I also think that the standards for contrib should not be so lax that a
completely new module can be added after beta. (This is mostly informed
by the feeling that contrib should go away entirely.)