Re: Dumping an Extension's Script

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-12-05T18:07:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> writes:
> And whether extension control files (or the same information stored in a 
> table or wherever) should be per-database or per cluster - that's *yet* 
> another separate issue. You could argue for either behavior.

I think anyone arguing for the former is confusing an installed
extension with a not-installed one.  Maybe it would help if we adopted
different terminologies.  Perhaps call the control+sql files a "template",
while using "extension" for the installed entity?

			regards, tom lane