[Pkg-postgresql-public] postgresql 8.2 packaging

Cédric Villemain cedric.villemain at dalibo.com
Mon Mar 2 16:48:42 UTC 2009


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Markus Wanner a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Cédric Villemain wrote:
>> Martin Pitt a écrit :
>>> Not to lenny itself, but that's exactly what backports.org is for;
>>> it's very popular indeed to run newer postgresql versions on stables.
>> It seems I had misunderstood the proposed-update rules.
>> Sorry for the noise.
> 
> I almost don't dare to point that out now, but.. keep in mind that
> backport packages get removed as soon as their source package in Debian
> testing is dropped. I (and from your original post, I'm assuming you as
> well) have fallen into that gap with 8.2 from the backports. You have to
> migrate your Postgres cluster whenever that happens, I think. Or live
> with 8.2 without updates. Or use my repository to get updates.

Yes, thank you to remember that. I am already aware of those things and by the
past was doing some apt-get source -b  and also I was maintening a Postgresql
8.1 patched with GiN and tsearch support (and preinstalled).
I just mess with the proposed-updates which is only for patch, not for real new
package.


> 
> Disclaimer: I think I understand and I certainly accept Debian's
> policies regarding that issue, including those of the backports. This is
> by no means a request to Debian or any of its community members.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Markus Wanner
> 


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