On May 18, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> I think building tools so that PGXN distributions are automatically >> harvested and turned into StackBuilder/RPM/.deb binaries would be the place >> to start on that. > > Hmmm ... I think the real point of those policies about "no source > builds" is to ensure that their systems are only running code that's > been vetted to some degree by a responsible person (ie, an authorized > packager for whatever distro they run). So any sort of automated > collection of packages would go directly against what the policies are > trying to accomplish, and would likely lead to the policies being > amended to specifically ban use of your repo :-(
Well, it's up to the maintainers of those repos whether they want use such a feed. Magnus and Devrim seemed interested in it on Twitter last week; Magnus, in fact, originally suggested it. https://twitter.com/magnushagander/status/65431239770898434 Best, David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
