Question about contrib
Hello,
I have a question about contrib directory. I know the projects there is
not official supported by PostgreSQL development team and I wanna ask,
what will be happened if the leader of project pg_crypto for example (I
repeat for example) leave the project for example in pgsql 13 and
project is not added in next major release i.e. 14. What ppl need to do
if they use this functionality that is not part for one reason or
another from the main project in pgsql version 14 ?
Or the module has some problems and is not ready until the release of
the new main version for an example.
I ask because if a module enters the functionality of the project, then
if this happens it is very difficult to change the whole project so as
not to use this functionality and you want or do not have to get rid of
any database updates until a new version of the model appears or the
whole application is not changed to not use it and this is important and
will not to be cheep.
Is there any guarantee that a module will continue to work and be
maintained from another team or PG even if its author terminates support
and maintains ?
Regards,
HS
Hi,
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 09:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I have a question about contrib directory. I know the projects there is
not official supported by PostgreSQL development team
Contrib modules (as in the contrib subdirectory) are officially supported.
--
Guillaume.
On 19-04-2021 11:39, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
Hi,
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 09:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I have a question about contrib directory. I know the projects there
is
not official supported by PostgreSQL development teamContrib modules (as in the contrib subdirectory) are officially
supported.--
Guillaume.
Aha my mistake, sorry. Why is not in main tree then ?
Regards,
HS
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 10:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit :
On 19-04-2021 11:39, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
Hi,
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 09:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I have a question about contrib directory. I know the projects there
is
not official supported by PostgreSQL development teamContrib modules (as in the contrib subdirectory) are officially
supported.--
Guillaume.
Aha my mistake, sorry. Why is not in main tree then ?
Because they aren't interesting for everyone. Moreover, some are more dev
tools, than DBA tools. So better to pick the tools you need.
--
Guillaume.
On 19-04-2021 11:50, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 10:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit :
On 19-04-2021 11:39, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
Hi,
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 09:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit
:
Hello,
I have a question about contrib directory. I know the projects
there
is
not official supported by PostgreSQL development teamContrib modules (as in the contrib subdirectory) are officially
supported.--
Guillaume.
Aha my mistake, sorry. Why is not in main tree then ?
Because they aren't interesting for everyone. Moreover, some are more
dev tools, than DBA tools. So better to pick the tools you need.--
Guillaume.
Ah thank you,
that was my question and it's seems is true. Did I safety can choice a
module without to worry that one will not work.
Thanks for the answer.
Regards,
HS
Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info> writes:
Le lun. 19 avr. 2021 à 10:43, Condor <condor@stz-bg.com> a écrit :
Aha my mistake, sorry. Why is not in main tree then ?
Because they aren't interesting for everyone. Moreover, some are more dev
tools, than DBA tools. So better to pick the tools you need.
Actually I think the high-level answer is that the contrib modules
exist to verify that Postgres is extensible, and to provide sample
code for other people wanting to make extensions. It's great that
they have actual use cases, but we'd keep them even if they didn't.
While they're all nominally supported, some are old, crufty, and
deprecated to various extents. xml2, in particular, might go away
someday.
regards, tom lane