Hi, Laurenz, On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2026-05-12 at 19:52 -0700, Igor Korot wrote: > > There used to be a split builds - one package to build the server and > > another to build the client (libpq). This is no longer the case. > > PostgreSQL positions itself as client-server RDBMS, so why in order to > > build the client I need the full blown server to download? > > I don't have Windows at my disposal, so I cannot investigate this, but it > strikes me that you are complaining for the sake of complaining. > > I have never seen a client-only source download for PostgreSQL, so you always > had to download the complete source. What is the problem? Does your > internet connection have a problem with downloading 30MB?
Its not a problem per se. But I know it would make the life of Linux maintainers easier to keep a split build. Unless I'm missing something... > > And if you have to build the entire server just to get the client library, > what is the problem with that? Yes, it will take somewhat longer, but I > don't see that as a problem unless you are building the software several > times a day, which seems unlikely for a production build. What is the purpose of such a build? As a developer that needs just libpq I will just throw everything away, but libpq. So basically it's a waste of time... > > It used to be that I could fit a custom-built Linux kernel on a 1.44MB > rescue floppy disk. Still, I don't complain to the LKML that I can no longer > do that. IIRC, Debian was distributed on the floppies for a long time But lets not compare apples and oranges. Thank you > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe
