[postgis-devel] Separate regress package

[strk at refractions.net]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 05:46:10PM +0100, Markus Schaber wrote:
> Hi, Strk,
> 
> strk at refractions.net wrote:
> > Starting from version 1.1.0 PostGIS will be released in 
> > two separate packages:
> > 
> > 	postgis-VERSION.tar.gz
> > 	postgis-regress-VERSION.tar.gz
> > 
> > This is to reduce package size.
> > 
> > Regress package is still bound to a single release to simplify
> > things, but this might change in the future.
> 
> That's a good idea.
> 
> We could even separate jdbc and utilities (loader, dumper etc.) into
> their own packages, as they have different use cases.
> 
> - postgis-VERSION.tar.gz - everything that is needed for the server
> backend / administrator
> 
> - postgis-regress-VERSION.tar.gz - the regression suite, for developers
> 
> - postgis-utilities-VERSION.tar.gz - Loader, Dumper, client utilities
> for the database users.
> 
> - postgis-driver-jdbc-VERSION.tar.gz - the client libs for jdbc users
> 
> Other language clients (like the php and python interfaces that were
> posted on this list earlier) can then adopt this naming scheme and
> create postgis-driver-LANGUAGE-VERSION.tar.gz packages.

Sounds good to me, but:
	- I wouldn't seperate utilities, as they contain upgrade procedures.
	- I would make postgis-VERSION.tar.gz a FULL package (all contained)
	  and provide postgis-base-VERSION.tar.gz as a base-only package

What does Paul think about this ?

--strk;