Re: Re: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Postgres major version support policy on Debian

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pkg-postgresql-public(at)lists(dot)alioth(dot)debian(dot)org, Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, backports-users(at)lists(dot)backports(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [Pkg-postgresql-public] Postgres major version support policy on Debian
Date: 2008-10-07 08:54:24
Message-ID: 48EB23C0.5070905@bluegap.ch
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Hi,

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> If there are no backported packages for any given Postgres major
> version, what will happen is that a lot of people will be forced to
> build them from source, which is a lot worse. (There is a reason why
> PGDG provides RPM for all major versions, for a lot of Redhat
> distributions -- people do want them).

Uh.. in case that didn't get clear: I've already done the backports of
Postgres 8.2.9 and 8.2.10 for debian etch. You can get these packages
from the temporary repository here: http://www.bluegap.ch/debian/

Regards

Markus Wanner

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