Re: Updating Ubuntu package info - Mailing list pgadmin-support

Dave Page wrote:
> pgAdmin 1.12 will be released before, or with PostgreSQL 9.0, so there
> won't be a version of Ubuntu shipping with an incompatible PostgreSQL
> and pgAdmin combination. That's how we've done it for the last 10
> years or so.
>   

I got that part already.  My thought was just that were it possible to 
include a trivial fix and backport something that's beyond completely 
broken into 1.10, that might be worth doing.  Now that I see your list 
of additional issues here I see why that's not practical even if 
resources were available, which they aren't.

So it sounds like everybody who has an opinion here would like me to 
build a PPA of the current development snapshot on at least some 
semi-regular interval.  To follow Ubuntu guidelines, I should use a 
version number between the official ones and what is expected to be used 
in the next major release.  I believe we'll see:

Lucid Lynx 10.4:  pgadmin3_1.10.1-1
Masturbating Minx 10.10:  pgadmin3_1.12.X-1    (I swear, it's on the 
possible codename list!)

So the PPAs I build should be pgadmin3_1.11.1-1~ppa1 I think.  That 
would be accepted as an upgrade to anyone who adds my PPA, but rejected 
by anyone who already has the official 1.12 once a version including 
that is released.  That seems to be how this project is coding its 
versions too, right?

Only serious issue I heard Guillaume raise is this:

"If you want to work on this, I think the main issue you'll encounter is 
to get a current wxWidgets release. You need at least 2.8.8 on Linux 
IIRC. 2.8.11 (released last week IIRC) would be great but not required."

That breaks down like this:

Hardy:  2.8.7.1 ; won't support
Intrepid:  2.8.8.0; might get lucky and this works, sounds a little 
close to the edge here.
Jaunty:  2.8.9.1.  This is my main target, so fine here
Karmic:  2.8.10.1
Lucid:  2.8.10.1

That would make the target support list:

Dapper, Fesity:  V1.6.3 from pgAdmin site
Gutsy:  V1.8.0 from pgAdmin site
Hardy:  V1.8.2 from Ubuntu universe, possible PPA version too but not 
going to push it if there's problems
Intrepid:  V1.8.4 from Ubuntu universe, V1.11.0 PPA
Jaunty:  V1.8.4 from Ubuntu universe, V1.11.0 PPA
Karmic:  V1.10 from Ubuntu universe, V1.11.0 PPA
Lucid:  V1.10.1 from Ubuntu universe, V1.11.0 PPA
Minx:  V1.12.1 from Ubuntu universe (hopefully)

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