Hi,
Steve Langasek [2007-01-12 2:41 -0800]:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 04:36:25PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Final notes:
> > > - I selected "Database Server" in the tasksel and got postgres-7.4.
> > > Version 8.1 will be in etch.
>
> > It's not clear to me which one is intended to be the production version
> > of postgres. The task currently simply pulls in the package named
> > "postgresql", which currently pulls in 7.4. If postgres's maintainer
> > would like it to do something different, he can let me know, or change
> > what postgresql depends on ..
Indeed the task should depend on postgresql-8.1, since this will be
the prefered version of PostgreSQL for new Etch installs.
> I'm pretty sure the postgresql package points at postgresql-7.4 not because
> it's the preferred version, but because there's no automated upgrade path
> from 7.4 to 8.1 (and can't be so long as they're parallel installable), and
> "postgresql" was the real name of the 7.4 server package shipped in etch.
^^^^
Sarge
Right, this has to stay as it is for a clean upgrade. The transitional
'postgresql' source/binary page will be dropped immediately after Etch
is released, so Lenny will only ship with postgresql-X.Y (and probably
some Provides:).
Thanks,
Martin
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