Re: New Contrib Build?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>>What if we could build contrib modules through a build-time switch for 
>>PostgreSQL?   Like,

> I honestly don't see that it buys a lot. (and the technical obstacle is 
> that there's a maintenance cost, if nothing else).

I'm with Andrew on this: what's the point?  We don't currently have
any contrib modules that are noticeably harder to build than any others,
and I don't see any coming over the horizon.
        regards, tom lane