Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christoph Berg
Subject Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup
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Msg-id ZyESkEAb7_Ey0gjh@msg.df7cb.de
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In response to Re: RFC: Extension Packaging & Lookup  (Paul Ramsey <pramsey@cleverelephant.ca>)
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Re: Paul Ramsey
> Thanks for this, David,
> 
> > On Oct 28, 2024, at 3:19 PM, David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com> wrote:
> > 
> > ## Challenge: Third Party Dependencies
> 
> This of course is the area that worries the heck out of me, as someone with extensions that includes not just single
systemdependencies but long chains of them (depending on GDAL draws in a huge tree).
 

I think this is where the whole idea of "provide binaries outside of
deb/rpm" is just going to die. You are trying to reinvent a wheel that
has been running well for decades, including lots of production
systems. I don't know anyone who would trust that new source of
binaries that doesn't integrate into their OS packaging system.

Christoph



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