| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Michael Banck <mbanck(at)debian(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage |
| Date: | 2011-02-17 15:25:02 |
| Message-ID: | 201102171525.p1HFP3E19031@momjian.us |
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Stephen Frost wrote:
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> * Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
> > Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > > Probably readline but does it matter? We distribute the source to the
> > > click installers.
> >
> > Well, there is what the community is risking, and there is what the
> > packagers are risking. Ideally we would make the job easier for the
> > packagers too, though we don't have to.
>
> I'm really mystified by this. If the source is available for the
> installers, what's the risk that you're worried about..? For the
> community or the packagers?
I just posted on this. The risk is to people using the packages --- the
packages themselves include the source as an option, so they are fine,
but everyone using those packages would also be required to distribute
source, which is a restriction we have avoided in the past.
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