On 2/20/26 6:57 AM, sreekanta reddy wrote:
Dear PostgreSQL Team,
I hope you are doing well.
I am currently using PostgreSQL 17 on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy). I noticed
that the |system_stats| extension is available as an RPM package in the
PGDG repository for RHEL 9, but I could not find a corresponding Debian/
Ubuntu (.deb) package in the PGDG APT repository.
I would like clarification not only about this specific extension, but
also about the general packaging policy followed by PostgreSQL.org/PGDG
across different operating systems.
The project is only responsible for what is released here:
https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
Packaging above that is the responsibility of the respective package teams.
Further, system_stats is a third party extension:
https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/system_stats
The PGDG RH package lead is Devrim Gündüz and he works for EDB, which is
probably why it is present there.
If you want to see it in the PGDG packages you will need to reach out here:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt#Contact
to see if it is possible.
In particular:
*
If a package or extension is available in one PGDG repository (for
example, RHEL), is it generally expected to be available for other
supported platforms like Ubuntu as well?
*
Are there technical, policy, maintenance, or demand-related reasons
why some packages are built only for specific distributions?
*
Is there any documented guideline that explains how packaging
decisions are made across platforms?
I would appreciate your clarification on both the specific case of |
system_stats| and the broader packaging policy.
Thank you for your time and support.
Best regards,
Sreekanta Reddy
