Re: Should contrib modules install .h files?

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 09:42:08PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> When I think about the demands of extensions, I tend to consider PostGIS
> the prime example and I certainly would understand if they wanted to
> install multiple headers (they have some 72 .h files from what I'm
> seeing...).
>
> So, +1 from me for having a directory for each extension.

Definitely. If we were to choose the one-file per extension choice,
most large extension maintainers would logically scream at us. If for
example you look at Citus, in src/include/distributed there are a bunch
of them. Then based on that folks could always tweak their CFLAGS
pointing to the path of the extension if they need to.

We cannot ensure either that multiple extensions do not use the same
header file names, which discards any design using a single installation
location with multiple files.

So, like Stephen, that's a +1 from me.
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Michael