| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | nd02tsk(at)student(dot)hig(dot)se |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: The reasoning behind having several features outside |
| Date: | 2004-10-25 18:38:06 |
| Message-ID: | 20041025153646.H872@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 nd02tsk(at)student(dot)hig(dot)se wrote:
> Hello
>
> Why is it that PostgreSQL chooses to have features like replication,
> fulltext indexing and GIS maintained by others outside of the sourcetree?
well, in the case of replication, there are about a half dozen replication
solutions currently out there, each providing replication in a different
way, and non of them being "the definitive replication" ... also,
PostgreSQL was designed to be extensible, so stuff like FTI and GIS can be
plugged in *after* the server itself is up and running ... they are 'add
ons', not 'core features' ...
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