Re: pg_amcheck option to install extension

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 12:53:29PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> FWIW, I think that putting them both in contrib makes the most
> sense from a structural standpoint.
> 
> Either way, though, you'll still need the proposed option to
> let the executable issue a CREATE EXTENSION to get the shlib
> loaded.  Unless somebody is proposing that the extension be
> installed-by-default like plpgsql, and that I am unequivocally
> not for.

Agreed.  Something like src/extensions/ would be a tempting option,
but I don't think that it is a good idea to introduce a new piece of
infrastructure at this stage, so moving both to contrib/ would be the
best balance with the current pieces at hand.
--
Michael