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question about source download site.

From
Tomonari Katsumata
Date:
Hi,

I have a small question about the site of PostgreSQL source.
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/

Now I can see some directories of PostgreSQL 9.2beta1/2.
- v9.2.0beta1
- v9.2.0beta2
- v9.2beta1
- v9.2beta2

It seems to be pointed the same direcotory with each version.
- v9.2beta1 => v9.2.0beta1
- v9.2beta2 => v9.2.0beta2

I don't know why it's duplicated.
acording to my memory, it's not duplicated when 9.1 has released.

anyone knows the reason ?

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Tomonari Katsumata

Re: question about source download site.

From
Tatsuo Ishii
Date:
> Hi,
>
> I have a small question about the site of PostgreSQL source.
> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
>
> Now I can see some directories of PostgreSQL 9.2beta1/2.
> - v9.2.0beta1
> - v9.2.0beta2
> - v9.2beta1
> - v9.2beta2
>
> It seems to be pointed the same direcotory with each version.
> - v9.2beta1 => v9.2.0beta1
> - v9.2beta2 => v9.2.0beta2
>
> I don't know why it's duplicated.
> acording to my memory, it's not duplicated when 9.1 has released.
>
> anyone knows the reason ?

There was a discussion about release versioning:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2012-06/msg01100.php

I don't know the conclusion though.
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Re: question about source download site.

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a small question about the site of PostgreSQL source.
>> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
>>
>> Now I can see some directories of PostgreSQL 9.2beta1/2.
>> - v9.2.0beta1
>> - v9.2.0beta2
>> - v9.2beta1
>> - v9.2beta2
>>
>> It seems to be pointed the same direcotory with each version.
>> - v9.2beta1 => v9.2.0beta1
>> - v9.2beta2 => v9.2.0beta2
>>
>> I don't know why it's duplicated.
>> acording to my memory, it's not duplicated when 9.1 has released.
>>
>> anyone knows the reason ?
>
> There was a discussion about release versioning:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2012-06/msg01100.php
>
> I don't know the conclusion though.

Those are just symlinks. You'll notice that if you click them, they
point to the same URL.

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