| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: PostgreSQL Add-On Network |
| Date: | 2010-01-07 22:19:02 |
| Message-ID: | AD6803D8-A977-415A-AFBD-DBEEB73BB602@kineticode.com |
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On Jan 7, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> You might want to clarify in your prose what an "extension" is. I
> suspect I know what you mean, but perhaps not everyone does.
Good suggestion, thanks. How about this in the FAQ?
* WTF is an "extension"?
An extension is a piece of software that adds functionality to PostgreSQL itself. Examples are data types (CITEXT, PERIOD), utilities (newsysviews, pgTAP), and procedural languages (PL/Ruby, PL/R), among others. An extension is *not* a piece of software designed to run on top of PostgreSQL (Bricolage, Drupal).
Best,
David
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