Re: Packaging 7.1.1

Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
> As to why all these files aren't part of the source tree, well, unless
> there was a large cry for it to happen, I don't believe it should.
> PostgreSQL is very platform-agnostic -- and I like that. Including the
> RPM stuff as part of the Official Tarball (TM) would, IMHO, slant that
> agnostic stance in a negative way.

Seems like that stuff should be in CVS somewhere ... if only so someone
else can pick up the ball if you get run over by a truck :-(.

If it's just a small amount of code, I don't see what the harm would be
in including it in the regular distro, though we should talk about just
where it should go. If it's a large amount of code then perhaps a
separate CVS project would be better, so that people who have no use for
it don't end up pulling/downloading it.

regards, tom lane