Re: Wrong version of jdbc in 7.3.3 rpms

Barry Lind wrote:
> Does anyone know why apparently the 7.3beta1 version of the jdbc drivers 
> are what is included in the 7.3.3 rpms?

No idea.

Just updated the "PostgreSQL Release Process" document though in case anyone (Marc) ever decides they're going to use
it:

http://advocacy.postgresql.org/documents/ReleaseProcess

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


> --Barry
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [JDBC] Official JDBC driver release ?
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 08:14:40 +0200
> From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>
> To: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
> References: <bbk5qo$bq4$1@main.gmane.org> <3EDE3083.6070001@xythos.com>
> 
> Barry Lind schrieb:
> 
>>> I'm a bit puzzled about the versions of the JDBC driver floating around.
>>>
>>> I initially downloaded the release for 7.3 from jdbc.postgresql.org
>>>
>>> Now I have seen that the JDBC driver which is included e.g. in the 
>>> RPM's for 7.3.3 is a bit older and has a different name 
>>> (pg73b1jdbc3.jar vs. pg73jdbc3.jar)
>>
>>
>>
>> The pg73b1jdbc3.jar file is very old (it is the 7.3 beta 1 version). 
>> What RPMs are you using?  You should contact whoever produced those 
>> RPMs to get them built with the current version.  The 'official' 
>> version is the source code that is tagged with the 7.3.3 freeze label 
>> (which is the version that is currently posted on the 
>> jdbc.postgresql.org web site)
>>
>> --Barry
> 
> Barry,
> 
> thanks for the answer.
> 
> The pg73b1jdbc3.jar file is contained in all the 7.3.3 rpm available on
> the ftp mirrors... (ok, not necessarilly all, but I checked about 3 or 4
> different mirrors)
> 
> I don't know who builds the rpms on the mirror sites available from
> www.postgresql.org
> 
> Cheers
> Thomas
> 
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