Thread: postgresql-server 9.3
Hello, I just set up the apt repository on a new box and saw this: root@db1:~# apt-cache search postgresql-9.3 postgresql-9.3 - object-relational SQL database, version 9.3 server postgresql-9.3-dbg - debug symbols for postgresql-9.3 postgresql-client-9.3 - front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3 - additional facilities for PostgreSQL This seems like a bad idea. These packages should be clearly marked as Beta. JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 509-416-6579 PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, Postgres-XC, @cmdpromptinc For my dreams of your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart. - W.B. Yeats
Joshua D. Drake [2013-06-13 10:27 -0700]: > I just set up the apt repository on a new box and saw this: > > root@db1:~# apt-cache search postgresql-9.3 > postgresql-9.3 - object-relational SQL database, version 9.3 server > postgresql-9.3-dbg - debug symbols for postgresql-9.3 > postgresql-client-9.3 - front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.3 > postgresql-contrib-9.3 - additional facilities for PostgreSQL > > This seems like a bad idea. These packages should be clearly marked as Beta. 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. Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
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 -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
Re: Joshua D. Drake 2013-06-13 <51BA010F.90401@commandprompt.com> > > Hello, > > I just set up the apt repository on a new box and saw this: > > root@db1:~# apt-cache search postgresql-9.3 > postgresql-9.3 - object-relational SQL database, version 9.3 server > postgresql-9.3-dbg - debug symbols for postgresql-9.3 > postgresql-client-9.3 - front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.3 > postgresql-contrib-9.3 - additional facilities for PostgreSQL > > This seems like a bad idea. These packages should be clearly marked as Beta. We could probably put a "beta" in the description there, yes. In practise, there is an extra safety hook, the 9.3 packages from apt.postgresql.org are not installable until you also make the 9.3 libpq5 package available: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt/FAQ#I_want_to_try_the_beta_version_of_the_next_PostgreSQL_release If you haven't done this, apt will not let you install postgresql-9.3. Christoph -- cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/