Re: beta1 packaged

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 0On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > OK, so if base isn't compilable, then what is it good for?  I don't see
> > > any add-on packages that would make it usable.
> >
> > AFAIR, the only reason for having the split packaging is to accommodate
> > people who are downloading across flaky connections --- less to retry if
> > your connection drops.  You still have to download all the data if you
> > want to have a useful package, no?
> 
> Correct ... even on high speed connections, I've had problems in the past
> getting large files to download, so it makes it easier if you only have to
> retry a part, instead of hte whole thing ...

Then why do we mark them with stuff.  Isn't it easier to just label them
1-5?  I can see the docs being split out, but I don't understand the
other splits.

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