Re: Packaging 7.1.1

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: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Packaging 7.1.1
Date: 2001-05-04 16:57:05
Message-ID: 200105041657.f44Gv5S25487@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
> > contrib/rpm-dist?
>
> Contrib was my first thought also --- but on second thought, the RPM
> packaging support is hardly contrib-grade material. For a large
> proportion of our users it's a critical part of the distribution.
> So, if we are going to have it in the CVS tree at all, I'd vote for
> putting it in the main tree.
>
> Perhaps src/rpm-tools/ or some such name.

It is platform-specific, which would seem to vote for /contrib.

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