On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 09:41:10AM +1200, Brent Wood wrote: > > > 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. Yeah, I think this is a case of 'if we build it, they will come'. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
