Re: Request for making pg_stat_monitor extension available via PGDG apt repositories

Re: Hamid Akhtar
> I am one of the maintainers of an enhanced open source statistics extension
> for PostgreSQL; pg_stat_monitor.
>
> PGDG is already providing RPM packages for pg_stat_monitor. This is a
> request to kindly make it available via the PGDG's apt repositories. The
> project is currently in Beta, but about to go GA within the next 4-6 weeks.
>
> Currently, we are building the Debian packages for our internal
> distribution, however, the process may be different in case of PGDG.
> Following is the project GitHub URL and Debian packaging path within the
> sources:
>
> Product GitHub URL:
> https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor/
>
> Debian Packaging Directory:
> https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor/tree/master/percona-packaging/debian

Hi,

for getting pg_stat_monitor into Debian and apt.postgresql.org, the
repository needs to have a certain format. I haven't tried building it
yet, but there are some bits that I can see:

* the / directory in the repository either needs to contain the actual
source code, or contain /debian/ only.
* debian/control(.in) references percona-postgresql-server-dev-all
and percona-postgresql-@@PG_REL@@ which do not exist
* control.in uses @@PG_REPL@@ instead of the normal PGVERSION, despite
using pgxs_debian_control.mk
* the Description is overflowing the first line (see short vs. long
description)
* you could try upgrading to the more modern `dh --with=pgxs`
packaging, see pg_buildext(1) on bullseye and later
* debian/copyright doesn't follow the formatting declared in line 1

Christoph