From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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To: | Brook Milligan <brook(at)biology(dot)nmsu(dot)edu> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] Re: PostGIS spatial extensions |
Date: | 2001-08-15 17:53:09 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0108151947460.677-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Brook Milligan writes:
> Doesn't this discussion indicate that the time is fast approaching, if
> not already past, for some type of system for handling installation of
> 3rd party software?
Yes.
> - Definition and implementation of the interface to be provided for
> extensions. Presumably, this would involve defining a well-designed
> set of public header files and associated libraries at the right
> level of granularity.
This is not going to happen. One of the features of the extensibility is
that you can extend pretty much everything.
> - Definition and implementation of a consistent extension management
> system for retrieving, compiling, and installing extensions.
Retrieving and compiling are solved problems. I don't want us to get
involved in creating build tools.
As for installing the extensions into the server, there's clearly some
room for improvement. I was just thinking that we could have a simple
package management system where any number of functions, tables, types,
etc. could belong to a package and then you can remove everything with one
command. I think this is what SQL might mean with modules.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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