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authorDaniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>2023-08-23 14:13:07 +0200
committerDaniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>2023-08-23 14:13:07 +0200
commitf4f63577b665f85916c8ec85ec70b7fd8a8cad1d (patch)
treeae6d9cedcceac67e365efea321d245ea54ec5ede
parent1d9976d1bd0067099753820c427139696d38b4a1 (diff)
doc: Replace list of drivers and PLs with wiki link
The list of external language drivers and procedural languages was never complete or exhaustive, and rather than attempting to manage it the content has migrated to the wiki. This replaces the tables altogether with links to the wiki as we regularly get requests for adding various projects, which we reject without any clear policy for why or how the content should be managed. The threads linked to below are the most recent discussions about this, the archives contain many more. Backpatch to all supported branches since the list on the wiki applies to all branches. Author: Jonathan Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/169165415312.635.10247434927885764880@wrigleys.postgresql.org Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/169177958824.635.11087800083040275266@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: v11
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml158
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 140 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
index bf590aba5d9..50872dfd88e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
@@ -40,99 +40,17 @@
</itemizedlist>
All other language interfaces are external projects and are distributed
- separately. <xref linkend="language-interface-table"/> includes a list of
- some of these projects. Note that some of these packages might not be
- released under the same license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. For more
- information on each language interface, including licensing terms, refer to
- its website and documentation.
+ separately. A
+ <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/List_of_drivers">list of language interfaces</ulink>
+ is maintained on the PostgreSQL wiki. Note that some of these packages are
+ not released under the same license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
+ For more information on each language interface, including licensing terms,
+ refer to its website and documentation.
</para>
- <table id="language-interface-table">
- <title>Externally Maintained Client Interfaces</title>
-
- <tgroup cols="4">
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Name</entry>
- <entry>Language</entry>
- <entry>Comments</entry>
- <entry>Website</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
-
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>DBD::Pg</entry>
- <entry>Perl</entry>
- <entry>Perl DBI driver</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://metacpan.org/release/DBD-Pg"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>JDBC</entry>
- <entry>Java</entry>
- <entry>Type 4 JDBC driver</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://jdbc.postgresql.org/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>libpqxx</entry>
- <entry>C++</entry>
- <entry>C++ interface</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://pqxx.org/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>node-postgres</entry>
- <entry>JavaScript</entry>
- <entry>Node.js driver</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://node-postgres.com/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>Npgsql</entry>
- <entry>.NET</entry>
- <entry>.NET data provider</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://www.npgsql.org/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>pgtcl</entry>
- <entry>Tcl</entry>
- <entry></entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/flightaware/Pgtcl"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>pgtclng</entry>
- <entry>Tcl</entry>
- <entry></entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pgtclng/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>pq</entry>
- <entry>Go</entry>
- <entry>Pure Go driver for Go's database/sql</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/lib/pq"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>psqlODBC</entry>
- <entry>ODBC</entry>
- <entry>ODBC driver</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://odbc.postgresql.org/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>psycopg</entry>
- <entry>Python</entry>
- <entry>DB API 2.0-compliant</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://www.psycopg.org/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/List_of_drivers"></ulink>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="external-admin-tools">
@@ -170,58 +88,18 @@
<para>
In addition, there are a number of procedural languages that are developed
and maintained outside the core <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
- distribution. <xref linkend="pl-language-table"/> lists some of these
- packages. Note that some of these projects might not be released under the same
- license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. For more information on each
- procedural language, including licensing information, refer to its website
+ distribution. A list of
+ <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PL_Matrix">procedural languages</ulink>
+ is maintained on the PostgreSQL wiki. Note that some of these projects are
+ not released under the same license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
+ For more information on each procedural language, including licensing
+ information, refer to its website
and documentation.
</para>
- <table id="pl-language-table">
- <title>Externally Maintained Procedural Languages</title>
-
- <tgroup cols="3">
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Name</entry>
- <entry>Language</entry>
- <entry>Website</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
-
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>PL/Java</entry>
- <entry>Java</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://tada.github.io/pljava/"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>PL/Lua</entry>
- <entry>Lua</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/pllua/pllua-ng"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>PL/R</entry>
- <entry>R</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/postgres-plr/plr"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>PL/sh</entry>
- <entry>Unix shell</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/petere/plsh"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>PL/v8</entry>
- <entry>JavaScript</entry>
- <entry><ulink url="https://github.com/plv8/plv8"></ulink></entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PL_Matrix"></ulink>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="external-extensions">