Marc G. Fournier wrote: > 0On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, 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? > > Correct ... even on high speed connections, I've had problems in the past > getting large files to download, so it makes it easier if you only have to > retry a part, instead of hte whole thing ...
Then why do we mark them with stuff. Isn't it easier to just label them 1-5? I can see the docs being split out, but I don't understand the other splits. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
