Hello alex,
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:08:42 +0200 alex bodnaru <alexbodn@012.net.il>
wrote:
> hi,
>
> postgis is a major "contribution" for postgresql, and it currently
> supports many postgresql versions, from 7.2 onwards, on linux and
> other platforms.
>
> postgis naturally evolves at other pace than postgresql, thus it
> cannot be packed with postgresql and still be uptodate.
>
> postgis evolution is to free itself from the main postgresql sources,
> and this was stressed especially since i worked with them for the
> debian support.
>
> however, at the binary level, postgresql multicluster should have not
> move it's files from /usr/lib/postgresql/[lib|bin] to
> /usr/lib/postgresql/{version}/[lib|bin] leaving behind contributing
> libraries and binaries. existance of those files should have stopped
> postgresql-common installation, or postinst should have at least
> provided symlinks to those files in the new location. just think about
> non debian contributions.
>
> for now, postgis package has integrated totally the multicluster
> environment in debian, and work is being finnished to integrate
> several postgis versions at the same time.
>
> packages may be supplied on demand for testing purpose.
I really like to test your packages for postgres 7.x and postGIS 1.x on
debian testing (with some unstable packages).
Please point me to a location where I can grab them.
Thanks in advance.
Best
Stephan
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