[pkg-firebird-general] Re: Being a beta tester for Firebird 2package on Debian

[Valdir Marcos]

Hi all.

The standard installation of any Debian program (via apt-get) is to 
overwrite its pevious versions.
The standard installation of FB 2.0 overwrite FB 1.5, but making both 
coexist is not difficult.
We could make this could make this coexistence by two ways:

1. Changing the installation/uninstallation scripts of both versions on 
variables such as:
- FBRootDir=/opt/firebird
- RunUser=firebird
- RunGroup=firebird
- PidDir=/var/run/firebird

2. Changing only the scripts of FB 2.0.

3. Manually:
- installing FB 1.5
- stopping firebird service
- changing the directory name from /opt/firebird to /opt/firebird15
- changing the file name from /etc/init.d/firebird to /etc/init.d/firebird15
- correcting the content of /etc/init.d/firebird15
- changing the content of /opt/firebird15/firebird.conf
  = ServiceName = gds_db15
  = RemoteServicePort = 3051

- installing FB 2.0
- stopping firebird service
- changing the directory name from /opt/firebird to /opt/firebird20
- changing the file name from /etc/init.d/firebird to /etc/init.d/firebird20
- correcting the content of /etc/init.d/firebird20
- changing the content of /opt/firebird20/firebird.conf
  = ServiceName = gds_db20
  = RemoteServicePort = 3052

The question that remains is "should we change Debian and Firebird natural 
installation behavior?".
I know that depending on how somebody builds its sql statements this 
migration from 1.5 to 2.0 maybe very taumatic.
I also know that some people still need to mix Interbase (5.x, 6.x, 7.x) and 
Firebird (1.x, 2.x) because of many reasons, such as different vendors, old 
applications, etc, but how can we inform in the apt-get that FB 2.0 
installation will overwrite FB 1.5 or not?

If is there anything that I can help, I want to contribute.

Sincerely,

Valdir



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damyan Ivanov" <dam at modsoftsys.com>
To: "Pierre YAGER" <pierre at crisalid.com>
Cc: "Debian Firebird Packages" 
<pkg-firebird-general at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [pkg-firebird-general] Re: Being a beta tester for Firebird 
2package on Debian

> Hi, Pierre,
>
> Pierre YAGER -- 23.11.2006 16:15 --:
> > I already subscribed to pkg-firebird list with another email address I
> > can't use at work (zedalaye at neuf.fr).
>
> OK. I'll keep CC-ing the list to keep others informed in case anyone
> is interested too.
>
> > I can be a beta tester for Debian Sarge if that can help Firebird to be
> > supported by stable Debian distributions.
> >
> > What should I do now to help you ?
>
> For now, arm yourself with patience. I'll try to build 2.0 packages
> this weekend. This is not so easy, since the building part takes about
> 40 minutes and then I have to test if 1.5 and 2.0 can coexist, if
> everything is as expected etc.
>
> 2.0 is an awesome release and I'd like to see it in  Debian soon too :)
>
> Do you really need it for sarge? Etch is about to be released soon,
> you know...
>
>
>  dam
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