Re: Migrate to autoconf 2.72?

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@tigerdata.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: 2025-12-01T10:50:24Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
po 1. 12. 2025 v 11:42 odesílatel Aleksander Alekseev <
aleksander@tigerdata.com> napsal:

> Hi Pavel,
>
> >> No, there is currently no agreed schedule for this.
> >
> > almost all extensions has not meson support still
>
> Extensions shouldn't necessarily be built using the same build system
> as the PG core. I can build PG using Meson and then install a 3rd
> party extension using `make install && make installcheck`. In other
> words, we can stop supporting Autotools for building the core without
> affecting extensions. Unless I'm missing something, of course.
>

But when you use autotools for extensions, then you still should to
maintain it.



>
> --
> Best regards,
> Aleksander Alekseev
>