Re: Including PL/PgSQL by default

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Not really sure what to think here. On the one hand I agree that since
> the dbowner can load it at their leisure its cool. On the other hand I
> wonder why we continue to add extra unnecessary steps to our life. Yes,
> it is a simple step but it is one that doesn't need to be taken, so why
> are we making people expend the calories on it?

As Andrew pointed out, a preinstalled language will be much harder for
db owners to manage.  And I think it would make doing database
dump/restore as a non-superuser virtually impossible.  It's not going
to be all a bed of roses if we do that.
        regards, tom lane