X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 715A09DCCB2 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:59:59 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07940-06 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:59:58 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: delayed 21:32:28.922508 by SQLgrey- Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (bramble.mmrd.com [65.217.53.66]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB6C9DCBF4 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:59:55 -0400 (AST) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jAUJZbkB010688; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:35:38 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [10.225.10.110]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id jAUIxjC22203; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:59:46 -0500 Received: from [10.225.105.30] (10.225.105.30 [10.225.105.30]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id TWDAG0RM; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:59:43 -0500 Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Upcoming PG re-releases From: Robert Treat To: Magnus Hagander Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-www@postgresql.org, Tom Lane , Andrew Dunstan In-Reply-To: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7CAC@algol.sollentuna.se> References: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7CAC@algol.sollentuna.se> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 30 Nov 2005 13:59:35 -0500 Message-Id: <1133377185.4491.269.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.000] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/212 X-Sequence-Number: 8927 On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 13:33, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Someone suggested earlier that we should drop the binaries for > nonsupported versions completely from the ftp site. Thoughts on this? > > If not, they should at least go into OLD as well. But personally, I'm > for dropping them completely. If you're on something that old (heck, we > have 7.0 binaries..), you can still build from source. > I'm against the idea... the cost for us is minimal, and the hassle involved in building from source is quite large. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL