-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:34:36 -0500
Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Steve Atkins wrote:
> > packages, so there are an awful lot of versions of the postgresql
> > application, some very different from a users point of view.
> >
> > I tend to think of that as feature as much as bug, but it does
> > cause some confusion while trying to provide ad-hoc support
> > to new users.
>
> Well, we could set up a postgres-bundles project (especially if
> "CPgAN" got off the ground) that defined well-outlined sets of
> packages that work well together. This would really be nothing more
> than a hints file for packagers; but it'd be something that community
> members could say, "Here are things that naturally fit together when
> we use them," and if enough people found a given description
> apposite, we could "endorse" that.
I would rather us just start a packaging project. We are already doing
this for RPMS... and the debian folks are all over it... We just need
to provide some help and get them into the repos.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> A
>
- --
=== The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. ===
Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240
PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/
UNIQUE NOT NULL
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFHPIbPATb/zqfZUUQRAusYAJ9IOcaAFUltmshVCo9ZHwtcLz7/xgCgiL1C
erENXZHVXya0yWiEms4HDOQ=
=PMng
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----