On May 18, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > "David E. Wheeler" <da...@kineticode.com> writes: >> Yes. But if they're that decoupled, then they ought to be in separate >> distributions. > > I somehow fail to picture how you map distributions with debian > packages. The simple way is to have a distribution be a single source > package that will produce as many binary packages as it contains > extensions.
How do CPAN modules get packaged? Example: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/libsvn-notify-perl/filelist > Now, if a single extension appears in more than one distribution, as far > as debian packaging is concerned, you're hosed. Yeah. That might happen, but should be uncommon. > So I still think we need to manually package for debian… Well, maybe packages could be auto-generated but vetted by a human? Just a thought. Best, David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
