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<chapter id="external-projects">
<title>External Projects</title>
<para>
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a large piece of very
- complex software, and managing the code is a difficult process. We
- have found that many enhancements to
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> can be more efficiently
- developed independently of the main project. They can have their own
- developer teams, email lists, their own bug tracking, and their own
- release schedule. While their independence makes development easier,
- it makes users job harder. They have to hunt around looking for
- database enhancements to meet their needs.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This section will outlines some of the more popular externally
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a complex software project,
+ and managing it is difficult. We have found that many
+ enhancements to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> can be more
+ efficiently developed independently of the main project. They can
+ have their own developer teams, email lists, their own bug tracking,
+ and their own release schedule. While their independence makes
+ development easier, it makes user's jobs harder. They have to hunt
+ around looking for database enhancements to meet their needs.
+ This section outlines some of the more popular externally
developed enhancements and guides you on how to find them.
</para>
</indexterm>
<para>
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> packages very few interfaces
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> includes very few interfaces
with the base distribution. <application>libpq</> is packaged because
it is the primary <application>C</> interface and many other
interfaces are built on top of it. <application>ecpg</> is packaged
- because it is tied to the server-side grammar so it is very dependent
+ because it is tied to the server-side grammar so is very dependent
on the database version. All the other interfaces are independent
- projects.
+ projects and must be installed separately.
</para>
<para>