Subject: Re: Package Naming for Multiple Versions
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Marc Recht <marc@geht.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/09/2004 01:33:47
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> Nevertheless, databases/postgresql is confusing. So the
> databases/postgresql directory probably should be removed. And then
> just name it databases/postgresql73.

Indeed and I'm planning to do so. Once I've everything ready.
 
> Or, at least, the COMMENT and DESCR should indicate this is for the
> "older 7.3.x version". And the DESCR could point the user to the other
> package for the 7.4.x release.

We could do that, but we generally don't in pkgsrc (see eg. python*,
perl*).

Marc

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