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Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>

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From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
To: Lukas Smith <smith@pooteeweet.org>
Cc: Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-05-20T15:34:26Z
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On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 10:36:25AM +0200, Lukas Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I really think that PostgreSQL could benefit from a packaged solution 
> that incorporates a lot of the contrib stuff (tsearch2, maybe even some 
> replication setups ..). I really like the approach that PostgreSQL is a 
> clean yet highly extensible base from which other people can build their 
> specific tools.

I think we're starting to see some of that, with things like the live
CD.

What I'd rather see time spent on is a framework that makes it easier to
grab things from pgFoundry. To use a bad example, think CPAN for
PostgreSQL.
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