[Pkg-postgresql-public] postgresql 8.2 packaging

[Cédric Villemain]

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Martin Pitt a écrit :
> 
> We cannot support 8.3 in squeeze (or 8.1 in lenny) because upstream
> releases are not supported that long. Even if it would "just about"
> work (align two Debian releases with one upstream support cycle), this
> is first highly unpredictable (due to the non-time based nature of
> Debian releases), and also I don't see any reason why we should, given
> Debian's long release and support cycles.

In case case we keep a not maintain upstream version (say 7.4) and this version
hit a critical bug, and we can not backport the patch or don't want to or any
reason.
We can perfectly push it out of stable if it become a security or stability risk
for the user.
I am not really aware of all debian things, but the file
http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt list out the actual removals,
including removals from *stable*.

Am I wrong ?


PS: I know it drive us to a new issue : 'hey what will I do if my app is using
7.4 and it is removed from debian ?' -->  answer 'hey, this is totally obselete,
we can not maintain it, keep your postgresql server installed and upgrade ASAP'.

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