Re: ISBN/ISSN/ISMN/EAN13 module

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, Jeremy Kronuz <kronuz(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ISBN/ISSN/ISMN/EAN13 module
Date: 2006-09-02 21:25:05
Message-ID: 200609022125.k82LP5w06555@momjian.us
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So we want to replace the isbn in /contrib with this in 8.2?

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 22, 2006, at 2:52 , Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Do we want to replace our /contrib/isbn with this, or have it pgfoundry?
> >
> > If contrib/isbn is made obsolete by the pgfoundry ISBN/ISSN/ISMN/EAN13
> > code, unless there's a compelling reason that the pgfoundry be part of
> > the distribution, I recommend removing contrib/isbn from the core
> > distribution and pointing people to pgfoundry.
> >
>
> AFAIK there is no code currently on pgfoundry. We had a proposed project
> a little while back but the proposer got impatient and decided to
> withdraw it.
>
> I think that having this or a similar module in contrib has some
> advantages, as an example on how to do user defined types, and as a
> check that pgxs is working in such cases.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
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