Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Hey, I can see a way for /contrib to become a lot better option for
> stuff-we're-not-sure-whether-to-include.
>
> What if we could build contrib modules through a build-time switch for
> PostgreSQL? Like,
>
> ./configure --with-perl --with-dblink --with-newsysviews
>
> This would seem a *lot* more user friendly to me, and easier on the package
> builders. What's the technical obstacle to it?
>
> Also, I think that /contrib modules should have documentation included in the
> main docs, probably as an appendix.
I could see --with-contrib but other than that... there are ALOT of
packages in contrib.
Sincerely,
Joshua Drake
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