On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > OK, so if base isn't compilable, then what is it good for? I don't see > > > any add-on packages that would make it usable. > > > > AFAIR, the only reason for having the split packaging is to accommodate > > people who are downloading across flaky connections --- less to retry if > > your connection drops. You still have to download all the data if you > > want to have a useful package, no? > > That was not my understanding. If that was the issue, we would release > packages numbered 1-5. Marc splits them up saying if you don't want the > docs, don't download them. I assume opt is /contrib. My guess is he > had the multibyte stuff out in /opt but now they are required.
Actually, I just asked for the split, I think it was peter that actually did it ... :) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
