severity 342369 wishlist tag 342369 wontfix retitle 342369 do not build with integer timestamps (postponed to 8.2) thanks
Hi Richard! Richard van den Berg [2005-12-07 16:37 +0100]: > In the discussion here: > http://groups.google.com/group/pgsql.ports/browse_frm/thread/b0eae040ec4f976e/d8e7ba7413818791 > > Tom Lane suggested I'd ask the Debian maintainer why the package is build > using --enable-integer-datetimes since this is not the default. Having a constant precision and no float-typical rounding errors seemed to be a good idea when this option was used the first time (ages ago). It's a bit like the big/little endian discussion - neither is apparently wrong, it's just two different ways of doing things. I will not change this for the 8.1 packages since it would suddenly break the databases of Debian's 8.1 users. We should discuss this again when 8.2 emerges and gets its first packages. Then people have to upgrade anyway, and we can easily change the storage format at that time. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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