On Sat, 20 May 2006, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > I am not sure that Postgres needs CPAN. CPAN is particularly useful for > handling dependencies. I doubt that there will be lots of dependencies in > Postgres add ons. So having something like the current system where you > download and build packages from source isn't going to be improved much > with a CPAN like system. > Perhaps not, but I haven't found the Postgres site pushing or linking to projects like PostGIS or PL/R, which provide some very effective Postgres based power. If not CPAN-like, how about CRAN (joking :-)... Postgres is the common denominator & foundation for several commercial & OS packages, and highlighting these on the Postgres site would be useful for Postgres users looking to extend Postgres functionality. Brent Wood
