Re: Unsupported 3rd-party solutions (Was: Few questions

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Thomas Hallgren wrote:

> For the first category, an inclusion could be possible if the software
> has a potential to reach more users and can make the offering more
> complete in some respect. If that's not the case, it should be included.
>
> Most software that "sucks royally" will be filtered out in the first 4 steps.
> If it is not, and if a lot of people vote to get it in, well then it does not
> suck so bad after all, at least not according to the voters. So it's in
> provided nothing better exists already. It can still be replaced of course,
> should something better come along.

Sounds reasonable, and such policy could/would be fine tuned over time as
well ...

>> Behind what? A list on pgFoundry of recommended software? Sure ...
>> integrating that list into the physical postgresql.tar.gz file that is the
>> core server distribution? No ...
>
> The core server distribution is left untouched by all this.

Ah, then you've got me on side :)

> It would be really nice if this project could publish packages using
> your BitTorrent and ftp mirrors though.

Actually, pgfoundry can be found on
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/projects/pgFoundry

I think BitTorrent might be a bit difficult though, since it isn't
auto-updated ... or is it? David?

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