Thread: Who puts the Windows binaries on the FTP server?
There are Windows binaries on the PostgreSQL FTP server mirrors, for example, http://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/binary/v7.3.1/Windows/ that users are having problems with. Apparently there is no name or address of any creator available. So who did this and would like to fix the packaging? -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
Justin put them up, but I believe that any bug reports for them should be sent to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org ... On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > There are Windows binaries on the PostgreSQL FTP server mirrors, for > example, > > http://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/binary/v7.3.1/Windows/ > > that users are having problems with. Apparently there is no name or > address of any creator available. So who did this and would like to fix > the packaging? > > -- > Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html >
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Justin put them up, but I believe that any bug reports for them should be > sent to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org ... Yep, that's the first "Proof of Concept" build, and it *prominently* has a message at the start of the installation that says to email me with any problems about it. I'm open to suggestions for making a more visible way for people to know how to contact us, if needed. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > >>There are Windows binaries on the PostgreSQL FTP server mirrors, for >>example, >> >>http://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/binary/v7.3.1/Windows/ >> >>that users are having problems with. Apparently there is no name or >>address of any creator available. So who did this and would like to fix >>the packaging? >> >>-- >>Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Justin Clift writes: > Yep, that's the first "Proof of Concept" build, and it *prominently* has > a message at the start of the installation that says to email me with > any problems about it. Maybe a so-called "Proof of Concept" build could be put into an area on the FTP server that conveys that fact in the directory names (like "test" or "contrib" or whatever). Because those who need a more production-grade build will likely confuse this. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Justin Clift writes:> >>Yep, that's the first "Proof of Concept" build, and it *prominently* has >>a message at the start of the installation that says to email me with >>any problems about it. > > Maybe a so-called "Proof of Concept" build could be put into an area on > the FTP server that conveys that fact in the directory names (like "test" > or "contrib" or whatever). Because those who need a more production-grade > build will likely confuse this. That's probably not a bad idea. It has warnings *all over it* (main window title, big warning messages during the install, etc), but we know from experience that some people don't read anything and just click the Next button until things finish. Marc, what do you feel? How about a "testing" or "development" or similar base directory on the website to put testing releases? Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
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greg@turnstep.com wrote: <snip> > How about putting a README file in that directory as well, giving out > the same warnings and contact information that appears upon install? Thanks Greg, excellent suggestion. Just added it to my personal ToDo list. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > > - -- > Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com > PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200303061015 -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
What is this build, exactly? It is Jan's patch brough up to 7.3, or cygwin? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin Clift wrote: > greg@turnstep.com wrote: > <snip> > > How about putting a README file in that directory as well, giving out > > the same warnings and contact information that appears upon install? > > Thanks Greg, excellent suggestion. > > Just added it to my personal ToDo list. > > :) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > > > > - -- > > Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com > > PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200303061015 > > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073
This is the 'proof of concept' cygwin windows build. Strangely, I have a newer build than the one on the ftp server. Is there a binary version of postgres with Jan's patch available? Merlin > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:38 PM > To: Justin Clift > Cc: greg@turnstep.com; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Who puts the Windows binaries on the FTP server? > > > What is this build, exactly? It is Jan's patch brough up to 7.3, or > cygwin? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > - > > Justin Clift wrote: > > greg@turnstep.com wrote: > > <snip> > > > How about putting a README file in that directory as well, giving out > > > the same warnings and contact information that appears upon install? > > > > Thanks Greg, excellent suggestion. > > > > Just added it to my personal ToDo list. > > > > :) > > > > Regards and best wishes, > > > > Justin Clift > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > > Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com > > > PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200303061015 > > > > > > -- > > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > > first group; there was less competition there." > > - Indira Gandhi > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania > 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
Merlin Moncure wrote: > This is the 'proof of concept' cygwin windows build. Strangely, I have > a newer build than the one on the ftp server. Is there a binary version > of postgres with Jan's patch available? The only binary I know of Jan's work is 7.2 on peerdirect's web site. I have the patch brough up to 7.3, and will be applying it in pieces this month. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073
Merlin Moncure wrote: > This is the 'proof of concept' cygwin windows build. Strangely, I have > a newer build than the one on the ftp server. Is there a binary version > of postgres with Jan's patch available? Uh Oh. When you say "newer version", what gives the feeling of it being newer? In the "Proof of Concept" Windows series, there's only been that first build. It's going to take some time for the next one as well, as the Win2K PC it was developed on had a problem and had to wipe the hard drive. (i.e. all of the packaging scripts, data, etc). :-/ Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > Merlin -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Bruce Momjian wrote: > What is this build, exactly? It is Jan's patch brough up to 7.3, or cygwin? It's a simplified installation package of 7.3.1 with cygwin. Put it together so we can get a feel for the packaging issues we'll need to take into account for the proper release of a 7.4 Windows version. Getting the next version out the door is taking a bit more time than anticipated though. :( Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
It's rumoured that Justin Clift once said: > It's a simplified installation package of 7.3.1 with cygwin. Put it > together so we can get a feel for the packaging issues we'll need to > take into account for the proper release of a 7.4 Windows version. Yeah, but it won't will it? You're seeing all the normal Cygwin issues but nicely hidden away I'll bet. Installing the native version will be easy, as we won't be messing around with Cywin or CygIPC. I would expect to be able to build an installer in about 15 minutes excluding the time taken to make the installer's UI look purdy... Regards, Dave.
Justin Clift wrote: > > This is the 'proof of concept' cygwin windows build. Strangely, I have > > a newer build than the one on the ftp server. Is there a binary version > > of postgres with Jan's patch available? > > Uh Oh. > > When you say "newer version", what gives the feeling of it being newer? > The timestamp of the file on the ftp server is 1/28/03. The timestamp of file I previously dl'd (which I collected from whatever link you posted on this list) is 2/3/03. However I downloaded the older version and they are the same (same number of bytes, at least). Merlin
Dave Page wrote: > It's rumoured that Justin Clift once said: > >>It's a simplified installation package of 7.3.1 with cygwin. Put it >>together so we can get a feel for the packaging issues we'll need to >>take into account for the proper release of a 7.4 Windows version. > > Yeah, but it won't will it? You're seeing all the normal Cygwin issues but > nicely hidden away I'll bet. Installing the native version will be easy, > as we won't be messing around with Cywin or CygIPC. I would expect to be > able to build an installer in about 15 minutes excluding the time taken to > make the installer's UI look purdy... > Regards, Dave. There's more to making PostgreSQL work on Windows than just the "pure packaging" issues. We still have to figure out how we're going to handle stuff like needed grep, sed, etc just for PostgreSQL to run (they're required by initdb). We're also going to need to have a good idea of what other nice features could/should be packaged along with it. i.e.: + a GUI to control some things (installation/deinstallation of the PostgreSQL Service, perhaps vacuuming, etc). + Shortcuts in the Program menu to things (PostgreSQL website(s), online documentation, etc) + Which parts of the installation should be mandatory, and which should be optional. i.e. Base server files should bemandatory, HTML docs should be optional, perhaps include the ODBC driver as optional too. Things like that. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Merlin Moncure wrote: > Justin Clift wrote: <snip> > > The timestamp of the file on the ftp server is 1/28/03. The timestamp > of file I previously dl'd (which I collected from whatever link you > posted on this list) is 2/3/03. However I downloaded the older version > and they are the same (same number of bytes, at least). That's cool, it's probably just that the timestamp wasn't correctly carried onto the FTP server. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > Merlin -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
It's rumoured that Justin Clift once said: > There's more to making PostgreSQL work on Windows than just the "pure > packaging" issues. We still have to figure out how we're going to > handle stuff like needed grep, sed, etc just for PostgreSQL to run > (they're required by initdb). I thought the idea was initdb would be rewritten in C. We cannot include grep/sed etc as they're GPL... > We're also going to need to have a good idea of what other nice > features could/should be packaged along with it. i.e.: > > + a GUI to control some things (installation/deinstallation of the > PostgreSQL Service, perhaps vacuuming, etc). Hang on, I heard of a good one the other day... :-) > + Shortcuts in the Program menu to things (PostgreSQL website(s), > online documentation, etc) Those are just decisions to make aren't they? They don't require a Cygwin proof of concept. > + Which parts of the installation should be mandatory, and which > should > be optional. i.e. Base server files should be mandatory, HTML docs > should be optional, perhaps include the ODBC driver as optional too. Likewise, these are decisions to make and then suitable programming of the installer. Making bits optional should be trivial in any good installer. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that someone has finally built a good Cygwin based package - I just don't think it answers many of the issues that we will likely encounter. Regards, Dave. PS. Is the source on the ftpsite - if not you'll have Jason after you before long :-)
Dave Page wrote: > It's rumoured that Justin Clift once said: > >>There's more to making PostgreSQL work on Windows than just the "pure >>packaging" issues. We still have to figure out how we're going to >>handle stuff like needed grep, sed, etc just for PostgreSQL to run >>(they're required by initdb). > > I thought the idea was initdb would be rewritten in C. We cannot include > grep/sed etc as they're GPL... I heard Peter mention that, but my email seems to be a tad spotty and I haven't come across the rest of the conversation about it. That would be really good of course, as it reduces the external dependencies. :) >>We're also going to need to have a good idea of what other nice >>features could/should be packaged along with it. i.e.: >> >> + a GUI to control some things (installation/deinstallation of the >> PostgreSQL Service, perhaps vacuuming, etc). > > > Hang on, I heard of a good one the other day... :-) There's a couple of potentials. ;-) >> + Shortcuts in the Program menu to things (PostgreSQL website(s), >> online documentation, etc) > > Those are just decisions to make aren't they? They don't require a Cygwin > proof of concept. Sure. But I hadn't thought about them until building the cygwin proof of concept. Think of it as a "test run" to see what kind of things it brought to mind. :) Another thing is the international support. The Proof of Concept version was a bad hack in that it forced installation into "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL". For non-english versions of Windows, they have "C:\Program Files" being names to other things, dependant on the language. This broke the installation of course. :( With a proper installer (as you've mentioned), that shouldn't be a problem as it should automatically install into the correct "PostgreSQL" subdirectory of whatever the equivalent of "Program Files" is, on whatever drive. Registry entries (if used) should properly match of course. >> + Which parts of the installation should be mandatory, and which >> should >> be optional. i.e. Base server files should be mandatory, HTML docs >> should be optional, perhaps include the ODBC driver as optional too. > > Likewise, these are decisions to make and then suitable programming of the > installer. Making bits optional should be trivial in any good installer. > Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that someone has finally built a > good Cygwin based package - I just don't think it answers many of the > issues that we will likely encounter. No, but it brought some of them to light. :) > Regards, Dave. > > PS. Is the source on the ftpsite - if not you'll have Jason after you > before long :-) The source? It's the standard version of cygwin. It's just packaged differently. :) The packaging scripts themselves though have gone into the ether forever, as the drive they were on was lost a few weeks ago (rebooted one day and it didn't come back). :( If absolutely needed, we could reverse engineer them back from the installation package. (painful) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> > I thought the idea was initdb would be rewritten in C. We cannot include > grep/sed etc as they're GPL... I'd be happy to do this if it hasn't been done. After a quick perusal of the script I think it would be very straightforward. cheers andrew
Justin Clift writes: > > I thought the idea was initdb would be rewritten in C. We cannot include > > grep/sed etc as they're GPL... > > I heard Peter mention that, but my email seems to be a tad spotty and I > haven't come across the rest of the conversation about it. I've started rewriting some of the shell scripts in C. initdb will be a lot trickier. We'll see. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
> -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Clift [mailto:justin@postgresql.org] > Sent: 09 March 2003 09:57 > To: Dave Page > Cc: pgman@candle.pha.pa.us; greg@turnstep.com; > pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Who puts the Windows binaries on the > FTP server? > > > > PS. Is the source on the ftpsite - if not you'll have Jason > after you > > before long :-) > > The source? It's the standard version of cygwin. It's just packaged > differently. :) > Doens't matter. The GPL requires that the source be made available from the same place as the binaries. Someone got pulled up on that on on the pgsql-cygwin list the other day after publicising a similar installer to yours. Regards, Dave.
Dave Page wrote: <snip> > Doens't matter. The GPL requires that the source be made available from > the same place as the binaries. Someone got pulled up on that on on the > pgsql-cygwin list the other day after publicising a similar installer to > yours. Ok. Will download the cygwin source and the PostgreSQL-cygwin source and put it on the Techdocs site, with a link to it from the same page that refers to the PostgreSQL Cywin package, and also create a README file for the package pointing to the source as well (and put it in the FTP download directory). Just added this to my ToDo list. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > Regards, Dave. -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 19:19:30 +1030, Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote: > Dave Page wrote: > <snip> > >Doens't matter. The GPL requires that the source be made available from > >the same place as the binaries. Someone got pulled up on that on on the > >pgsql-cygwin list the other day after publicising a similar installer to > >yours. > > Ok. Will download the cygwin source and the PostgreSQL-cygwin source > and put it on the Techdocs site, with a link to it from the same page > that refers to the PostgreSQL Cywin package, and also create a README > file for the package pointing to the source as well (and put it in the > FTP download directory). Are you sure you need to do that? Shouldn't you just have to provide source to the gnu programs you are including?
Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 19:19:30 +1030, > Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote: > >>Dave Page wrote: >><snip> >> >>>Doens't matter. The GPL requires that the source be made available from >>>the same place as the binaries. Someone got pulled up on that on on the >>>pgsql-cygwin list the other day after publicising a similar installer to >>>yours. >> >>Ok. Will download the cygwin source and the PostgreSQL-cygwin source >>and put it on the Techdocs site, with a link to it from the same page >>that refers to the PostgreSQL Cywin package, and also create a README >>file for the package pointing to the source as well (and put it in the >>FTP download directory). > > Are you sure you need to do that? Shouldn't you just have to provide source > to the gnu programs you are including? Probably, but it seems a more time efficient approach just to download the whole lot, tar it up, and provide links to it. It's all BSD or GPL, so there's no stress in doing that. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 08:21:01AM -0000, Dave Page wrote: > > > PS. Is the source on the ftpsite - if not you'll have Jason > > after you > > > before long :-) > > > > The source? It's the standard version of cygwin. It's just packaged > > differently. :) > > Doens't matter. The GPL requires that the source be made available from > the same place as the binaries. Really? Where? The clause about providing source says (note the "or" between the clauses): 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the termsof Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no morethan your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the correspondingsource code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used forsoftware interchange; or, c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternativeis allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executableform with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.) Did Justin compile the whole Cygwin package he is distributing? -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Cada quien es cada cual y baja las escaleras como quiere" (JMSerrat)
Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> > > I thought the idea was initdb would be rewritten in C. We cannot include > > grep/sed etc as they're GPL... > > I'd be happy to do this if it hasn't been done. After a quick perusal of the > script I think it would be very straightforward. I have Jan's and SRA's version of initdb for Win32, so I will probably be using one of those in the 7.4 Win32 port. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073
Alvaro Herrera wrote: <snip> > Did Justin compile the whole Cygwin package he is distributing? Nope, I just used the already-compiled version of things. Ran the cygwin installer as per normal, selected PostgreSQL, removed some files that didn't look necessary (the GPL and BSD licenses were left in of course), ran the packaging utility on them, and uploaded them to the site. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl] > Sent: 10 March 2003 15:43 > To: Dave Page > Cc: Justin Clift; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Who puts the Windows binaries on the > FTP server? > > > > Really? Where? The clause about providing source says (note > the "or" between the clauses): From: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites Can I put the binaries on my Internet server and put the source on a different Internet site? The GPL says you must offer access to copy the source code "from the same place"; that is, next to the binaries. However, if you make arrangements with another site to keep the necessary source code available, and put a link or cross-reference to the source code next to the binaries, we think that qualifies as "from the same place". Note, however, that it is not enough to find some site that happens to have the appropriate source code today, and tell people to look there. Tomorrow that site may have deleted that source code, or simply replaced it with a newer version of the same program. Then you would no longer be complying with the GPL requirements. To make a reasonable effort to comply, you need to make a positive arrangement with the other site, and thus ensure that the source will be available there for as long as you keep the binaries available. As Justin hasn't (I assume) agreed with the Cygwin people to link to their server, then he must supply the source as well. Regards, Dave.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 04:03:09PM -0000, Dave Page wrote: > > Really? Where? The clause about providing source says (note > > the "or" between the clauses): > > From: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites > > Can I put the binaries on my Internet server and put the source on a > different Internet site? [snip] > As Justin hasn't (I assume) agreed with the Cygwin people to link to > their server, then he must supply the source as well. Justin obtained a binary copy of Cygwin. Because of this, he got a offer to the sources from the cygwin site, and because of the 3c clause I cited before he can just provide "the same information he received". The provision on that clause says that 3c is only valid if he got a binary copy with a source offer. He didn't compile anything, so the clause applies. When and if the Cygwin people takes the Cygwin source off their site, then people can upload the source to techdocs or wherever. Before that, there's no need to worry. Don't get me wrong; I'm usually a free software advocate. But the FSF likes to take things too far. -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Vivir y dejar de vivir son soluciones imaginarias. La existencia está en otra parte" (Andre Breton)
Andrew Dunstan wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> > >>I thought the idea was initdb would be rewritten in C. We cannot include >>grep/sed etc as they're GPL... > > I'd be happy to do this if it hasn't been done. After a quick perusal of the > script I think it would be very straightforward. Sounds like the "who is going to do this" needs to be sorted out. PeerDirect and SRA have already done this, Peter has started on it as well, etc. Perhaps Peter should integrate the patches from PeerDirect or SRA, as he'll be most familiar with the code and it'll then take that bit of work off Bruce's plate? It's just a thought anyway... :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > cheers > > andrew -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi