> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-hackers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:04 PM > To: Robert Haas > Cc: Markus Wanner; Matthew T. O'Connor; Tom Lane; Greg Sabino Mullane; > pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Plugin system like Firefox > > Robert Haas wrote: > > >> > .. an OS-agnostic way of installing packages. > > >> Uh.. I don't think such a thing exists. > > > Seems to in Firefox. > > > > I think nearly all Firefox extensions are written in XML and > > Javascript. It's quite a bit easier to have an OS-agnostic way of > > installing packages when the packages are platform-independent. > > > > >> > I realize many prefer their OS-native packaging system, but > > >> > that isn't the target audience of a packaging system that will > increase > > >> > adoption. > > > > Really? Who is it? > > People who want to try a database and its plugins to see if they like > it.
For what it's worth, I am rather fond of the firefox plugin for sqlite. Now, SQLite has very little in the way of administrative tools, so that tilts the field, but I guess other people might toy with PostgreSQL if a plugin were available and might not otherwise just because one is available. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers