| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: beta1 packaged |
| Date: | 2002-09-05 22:15:21 |
| Message-ID: | 20020905191457.U24945-100000@hub.org |
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On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > 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?
>
> That was not my understanding. If that was the issue, we would release
> packages numbered 1-5. Marc splits them up saying if you don't want the
> docs, don't download them. I assume opt is /contrib. My guess is he
> had the multibyte stuff out in /opt but now they are required.
Actually, I just asked for the split, I think it was peter that actually
did it ... :)
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