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Hello,

[postgres flavors]
> This feels like the ideal kind of port that could be flavored so
> it works with any installed postgres version.  I'm willing to submit
> patches, how hard would it be?

If it needs to interoperate with php flavors (which it probably
does), it's probably a high level of complexity. But frankly,
that's only my guess, and I have not that much experience with flavors.

> Is there a section in the porter's handbook that covers this?

Yes:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/flavors/

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