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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2002-02-22 00:10:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2002-02-22 00:10:11 +0000 |
| commit | 581599b90387fd56c667494868abc8f3df25b21b (patch) | |
| tree | 4c847ea1cf32c9ae7dea80e2073120cabdecfe20 | |
| parent | 5028e34f5798ab45028e2a3b8b52398be7814316 (diff) | |
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Improve wording of meaning of /contrib directory.
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/README | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/TODO | 1 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index d9562b8bcdf..04b7088baf2 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -2,20 +2,18 @@ The PostgreSQL contrib tree --------------------------- -This subtree contains tools, modules, and examples that are not -maintained as part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because -they only address a limited audience or are too inelegant to be -sold as an official feature. That, however, does not preclude -their usefulness. +This subtree contains utilities, conversion tools, and features that are +not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because they address a +limited audience or are too experimental to be part of the main source +tree. This does not preclude their usefulness. Each subdirectory contains a README file with information about the -module. Most items can be built with `gmake all' and installed -with `gmake install' in the usual fashion, after you have run the -`configure' script in the top-level directory. Some directories -supply new user-defined functions, operators, or types. After you -have installed the files you need to register the new entities in -the database system by running the commands in the supplied .sql -file. For example, +module. Most items can be built with `gmake all' and installed with +`gmake install' in the usual fashion, after you have run the `configure' +script in the top-level directory. Some directories supply new +user-defined functions, operators, or types. After you have installed +the files you need to register the new entities in the database system +by running the commands in the supplied .sql file. For example, $ psql -d dbname -f module.sql @@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ SOURCE CODE * Evaluate AIX cs() spinlock macro for performance optimizations (Tatsuo) * Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs * Allow ability to easily build only certain interfaces (Marc) +* Remove or relicense modules that are not under the BSD license, if possible --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |