Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:03:31 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/p5-DBD-Pg Makefile ports/databases/p5-Pg Makefile ports/databases/pgaccess Makefile ports/databases/py-PyGreSQL Makefile Message-ID: <20000828190331.N33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <vqcya1h2g94.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from asami@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:05:43PM -0700 References: <20000826212034.R57333@jade.chc-chimes.com> <200008260915.CAA87620@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000826111839.A268@bonsai.hiwaay.net> <200008270118.VAA70257@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20000827111747.A1589@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <20000827115031.T57333@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000827110549.D268@bonsai.hiwaay.net> <vqcg0np40cp.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000828170216.G33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> <vqcya1h2g94.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:05:43PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> * If we had imported postgresql7 as it stands today, would we have imported it
> * as postgresql7? No. Where is the logical place to look for the one and only copy
> * of postgresql? ports/databases/postgresql.
>
> Um, the same goes to *any* port with multiple versions. Ports that
> change sufficiently enough from version to version that requires us to
> give people the choice over the transitional period are imported with
> the version number the second time around (and subsequent releases).
This isn't a "port with multiple versions". It has one. There is no need to
cram the version number in the directory name.
> We've been doing this for years, I don't know why you are suddenly so
> worked up about it....
... because we don't put version numbers in the names unless there is more
then one version that people care about (netscape, emacs, XFree86). Other
examples of this problem are: mysql322-* and apache13.
If the intent was to retire v6 and live on with v7, then we should have
had postgresql-devel or some such. The next time this came around (v8?)
we could have revived (or if peter already cleaned it, remake) postgresql-devel
and again retire it when -devel==mainstream.
I can import ethereal0_8_11 when I upgrade, and then delete ethereal, but
that goes against the spirit of the port as well. This is also the reason
why I chose "postfix-current" and not "postfix-20000531".
I think Garrett said it the best (paraphrasing): the program's name is
postgresql, not postgresql7.
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
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