Re: beta1 packaged

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: beta1 packaged
Date: 2002-09-05 20:13:06
Message-ID: 2921.1031256786@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)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?

regards, tom lane

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