On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > Since going from 7.2 to 7.3 is a significant upgrade, the FreeBSD guys would > probablyu be right tho to refuse such a major upgrade... Still, it's a pity > though. Postgres 7.3 has been tested and works fine on FreeBSD 5.
FreeBSD uses something called a ports tree. This is quite separate from the source tree, which is used to create FreeBSD 5. The issue is not whether or not 7.3 has been tested and works. When you have nearly 8000 ports, it makes sense to freeze them just prior to a release. Code freezes are standard practice. I which more projects used them. > ps. Why is Postgres 7.3 still in ports/databases/postgresql-devel ?? > Actually, maybe it was a good thing since if 7.3.1 becomes the new standard > port people won't be bitten so much by the library version bump. My guess: because of the port freeze now in effect. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
