Subject: Re: Proposed changes to the PostgreSQL changes
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Marc Recht <recht@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/21/2004 23:41:01
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> I know there is prior art, but I'd prefer if we use package names that
> have versions with the real versions.
>
> For example, use postgresql7.4 not 74. (This works fine for me for my
> linux-kernel packages: linux-kernel2.6.3-2.6.3 and =
linux-kernel2.6.7-2.6.7
> both installed at same time.)

Besides that I'm not liking dots in filenames there's no prior art for that =

in pkgsrc and postgresql74* would need to be re-imported as well... Also,=20
it's more than unlikely that we will ever have different tiny versions of=20
PostgreSQL in pkgsrc. Different minor versions are needed for a variety of=20
reasons (at very least for database upgrades), but not tiny versions.

Cheers,
Marc

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