Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 03:24:59 -0800 From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: girgen@pingpong.net, freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/48025: postgresql-7.2.4 port on popular demand Message-ID: <20030207112459.GI15936@perrin.int.nxad.com> In-Reply-To: <20030207111412.GX50581@k7.mavetju> References: <200302071101.h17B1sni053949@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030207111412.GX50581@k7.mavetju>
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> > Synopsis: postgresql-7.2.4 port on popular demand > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: seanc > > State-Changed-When: Fri Feb 7 03:01:13 PST 2003 > > State-Changed-Why: > > Port committed, see commit for details. Thanks tons! > > In the commit message you stated that the port should only be for a > limited time. Why not keep it in the collection until it is not > fetchable anymore from the distribution sites? Because the PostgreSQL developers don't want to maintain very old releases if they don't have to. I'm also very progressive with respect to software. If something is radically different between 7.2 and 7.3, let me know and maybe there's something that can be done to help with that. I moved my 200GB database without incident and have enjoyed a very nice performance boost as a result. I'm really looking forward to 7.4 which is even faster, especially for large/complex queries. ::shrug:: > After all, there are a couple of ports which face a similair > situation: there are five different versions of the TCL port, three > different openldap versions, four different pike versions etc. It > doesn't cost anything extra (except some CPU time on bento and a > handfull of megabytes on disk). That doesn't mean those ports should be around though. :) -sc -- Sean Chittenden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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