From: | Martin Pitt <mpitt(at)debian(dot)org> |
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To: | pgsql-pkg-debian(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: postgresql-server 9.3 |
Date: | 2013-06-14 04:19:46 |
Message-ID: | 20130614041946.GB3101@piware.de |
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Martin Pitt [2013-06-14 6:14 +0200]:
> They are in Debian experimental only, which by definition is "software
> which isn't of release quality yet", and their version number has beta
> in it. It would be rather inconvenient to have to rename all the
> packages once it becomes stable, as we'd have to carry a whole lot of
> Conflicts:/Replaces: etc. around for a long while.
Oh, and more importantly, we wouldn't get rid of a postgresql-9.3-beta
package name anytime soon, as we would need it as a transitional
package for people who did install the beta. That would look even
stranger, and this generally isn't being done in Debian package names.
Martin
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