Re: pgsql/src/bin/pgaccess/lib database.tcl mainli ...

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Constantin Teodorescu <teo(at)flex(dot)ro>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql/src/bin/pgaccess/lib database.tcl mainli ...
Date: 2001-02-07 21:52:05
Message-ID: 200102072152.QAA01211@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom, we really can't modify these because Constantin keeps the master
> > copies. Can you send a diff to him so he can roll it into the next
> > release?
>
> I don't think that's a very tenable policy for code that we keep in our
> CVS tree. Any kind of search-and-replace change is likely to hit
> pgaccess as well as other code; are you going to always be alert enough
> to slap people on the wrist when they make a change without thinking who
> owns the "master" file?
>
> Perhaps we should remove pgaccess from our CVS tree and have it be
> shipped as a separate package.

Seems to have worked well in the past. Constantin has a different
release schedule than we do, and packages MSWin libraries with his
tarball.

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