>>>> Frankly, I'd suggest dropping the splits. Thoughts? >> >>> I also found the split sources + a non-split sources version to be >>> confusing. As you, I think that splitting should be dropped. >> >> Perhaps the confusion issue could be addressed by keeping the split >> sources in a separate subdirectory: >> >> pub/source/v.8.0.1/ >> postgresql-8.0.1.tar.bz2 >> postgresql-8.0.1.tar.bz2.md5 >> postgresql-8.0.1.tar.gz >> postgresql-8.0.1.tar.gz.md5 >> split-tarballs/ >> postgresql-base-8.0.1.tar.bz2 >> postgresql-base-8.0.1.tar.bz2.md5 >> etc... > >That sounds like a reasonable compromise ... I could do that >right away, >if nobody is in disagreement ... ?
Seems reasonable to me. >> I suspect the demand for the split tarballs is mighty low nowaways, >> but it's probably not zero yet. > >Considering that every new FreeBSD install uses them >exclusively, I don't >expect it to drop to zero in the near future .. Do they pull fromt eh pg mirrors, or from their own? I realise they still need it, of course, but it'd be interesting to know. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
