[Pkg-postgresql-public] postgresql-* package namespace

Ansgar Burchardt ansgar at debian.org
Sat Aug 4 17:02:24 UTC 2012


Martin Pitt <mpitt at debian.org> writes:
> Christoph Berg [2012-08-01 21:12 +0200]:
>> The various postgresql-* packages are mostly plugins (PL/something)
>
> Right, postgresql-X.Y-foo are server-side plugins which are specific
> to a major PostgreSQL server version. They need to be versioned just
> like PostgreSQL itself for upgrades, parallel installability, etc.

Well, it is *either* postgresql-X.Y-foo *or* postgresql-foo-X.Y right
now.  I was wondering if we should try to use only one of these two
schemes.

Ansgar




More information about the Pkg-postgresql-public mailing list