[postgis-devel] About EXTENSION from UNPACKAGED on PostgreSQL 13

[Stephen Frost]

Greetings,

* Sandro Santilli (strk at kbt.io) wrote:
> I've been thinking about this problem - reported in
> https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/4643 - that
> PostgreSQL 13 will NOT support following statement:
> 
>   CREATE EXTENSION .. FROM UNPACKAGED
> 
> ... and I suppose a thread on mailing list is easier
> to deal with, than ticket-talk.
> 
> So, questions:
> 
>   1. Is this OFFICIAL or could thing change again before
>      version 13 goes final ? And can we have a say on the
>      matter ?

It seems pretty darn unlikely that it'll change.  That said, you're
welcome to voice your thoughts on the -hackers mailing list.

>   2. Is it possible for `CREATE EXTENSION postgis` to do
>      the packaging if needed ?
> 
>   3. Would it be ok to package on create, for users ?

I don't understand these questions..

Thanks,

Stephen
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