docs: list externally-maintained extensions (pg_search/ParadeDB)

[philippemnoel]

Summary

Hi everyone. Philippe here from ParadeDB/pg_search. We are a PostgreSQL extension for full-text and vector search in Postgres. We are a commercial, open-source project and license under AGPL-3.0 to protect ourselves from AWS and other hyperscalers.

We opened #204, and following Gabriele's feedback we started publishing our own cnpg-extensions-containers image, to https://hub.docker.com/r/paradedb/paradedb-extension. I understand our license prohibits being listed in this repo, but I was wondering if the project was willing to document a list of externally-supported extension containers, like ours? This is a slightly self-interested request, in that it will help with our discoverability, but I also expect it could be beneficial for other such extensions (for instance, Timescale's non-permissive extension, or even closed-source ones from hyperscalers). What do you think?

We used the build tooling from this repository. For context:

• Image: paradedb/paradedb-extension (e.g. paradedb/paradedb-extension:0.24.0-18-trixie)
• Source: https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb

Happy to adjust the wording as well. Lmk and thank you!

[gbartolini]

We need to find a scalable solution for this problem, and I have a strong feeling that our current approach may not be the best option. I would like to gather input from other maintainers and carefully analyse vendor neutrality while ensuring quality for our users.

[philippemnoel]

We need to find a scalable solution for this problem, and I have a strong feeling that our current approach may not be the best option. I would like to gather input from other maintainers and carefully analyse vendor neutrality while ensuring quality for our users.

Sounds good. We're happy to help in whatever way we can, thank you for considering the request.