[Pkg-sql-ledger-discussion] Fwd: [Ledger-smb-devel] Pg removal of implicit type casts in 8.3

[Elizabeth Bevilacqua]

FYI -

While working on packaging ledgersmb I discovered that it doesn't yet
support postgres 8.3, which is a problem since 8.3 will be the default
in the next Debian release. I just dropped the following email to the
-devel list while they were discussing the issue.

Lyz, who is still chugging away over here on this package...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elizabeth Bevilacqua <lyz at princessleia.com>
Date: Feb 21, 2008 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] Pg removal of implicit type casts in 8.3
To: Development discussion for LedgerSMB
<ledger-smb-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>


On 2/21/08, Joshua D. Drake <jd at commandprompt.com> wrote:
 > No you are misunderstanding Debian. Debian says that "as of testing" 8.2
 >  is deprecated. That is *not* anywhere near close to stable or supported.


Just to jump in here as part of the team who is working to package
 ledger-smb officially in Debian[0] - this 8.3 problem is a big one for
 us. 8.3 is the default for testing, which will be frozen for a stable
 release later this year (so I guess it depends on how "close to
 stable" we're talking). As of right now it's going to be tough
 (impossible?) for us to get ledgersmb into the next stable Debian
 release if 8.3 isn't supported prior to the freeze. I'm not saying
 that we expect focused development in this area to meet this goal,
 it's more of just an FYI from our end.

 That said, we're starting a dialog with the Debian postgresql folks to
 discuss this implicit type casts issue, as it's a big change that has
 the possibility of impacting a lot of applications.

 [0] http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-sql-ledger/ - we're the
 sql-ledger team with a sub-group working on ledgersmb, see also
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406935 (FWIW - we
 really could use help with this!)

 Cheers,

 Lyz


 --
 Elizabeth Bevilacqua
 http://www.princessleia.com


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Elizabeth Bevilacqua
http://www.princessleia.com