Will it require a major refactoring effort to install the PAX using
the EXTENSION method? We are close to the new release; if so, hope we
can evolve in the future release.

Best,
Dianjin Wang

On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM Zhang Mingli <avamin...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, Leonid
>
> On 2025/05/10 14:23:29 Leonid Borchuk wrote:
> > Hi, all
> >
> > I really like the PostgreSQL approach - configure && make && make install.
>
> Me too.
>
> > And usually there are no additional packages or builds required. Postgresql
> > seems to be compiled everywhere - even on coffee machine. It would be great
> > to see the same for cloudberry. Since PAX is quite complex feature it would
> > be better to have a special option --enable-pax.
>
> Agree.
>
> Unlike AO, PAX, as a contrib module, I think we should avoid adding 
> --enable-pax or --disable-pax flags entirely.
>
> Instead, we should treat it as a standard PostgreSQL contrib module. That 
> means:
>   It gets built(compiled and installed) only if users explicitly install it 
> from its directory and follows the usual extension workflow (CREATE EXTENSION)
>
> Extensions should follow the rule of Postgres, users who need PAX can enable 
> it the same way they would any other extension.
>
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