[postgis-users] Gentoo/Debian Packages using 1.1.0CVS?

[david techer]

Hi Sandro

Hum!! U're right!

Since I'm not responsible for Ebuild Gentoo but Gerald does...
I have look for Debian and Win32 for PostGIS.

Ok...!

I will wait for Gerald to be here and to have a moment with him...

strk at refractions.net wrote:

>David, I understand the will to switch to 1.1.X, but users
>are reporting packages to be versioned 1.0.X ! Also no 1.1.X
>release is out yet, distributing packages for it would increase
>confusion (what version would users be referring to when saying
>1.1.0CVS ?).
>
>I suggest you clearly state the package contains a CVS snapshot and
>patch the Version.config file to include update time in version
>(like 1.1.0CVS-20050915), using same naming convention for the package
>itself.
>
>--strk;
>
>On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:52:37PM +0200, david techer wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>I think my friend Gerald FENOY will answer U as soon as possible.
>>
>>I hope I don't make mistake...So excuse-me I'll say something wrong
>>
>>So Why using 1.1.0CVS instead of 1.0.X?
>>
>>Because 1.1.0CVS, as U know doesn't require PostgreSQL Sources...
>>
>>On Gentoo If U already have PostgerSQL installed with example thanks to 
>>emerge command
>>
>>when U want to compil/build postgis 1.0.X U will have to download again 
>>PostgreSQL sources
>>and to compil it again.
>>
>>(emerge requires it automatically..) before compiling PostGIS.
>>
>>So it seems not to be interesting to have to compil PostgreSQL one more 
>>times if U have a binary distrib already installed...This is the technic 
>>from series 1.0.X of PostGIS
>>
>>Whereas with 1.1.0CVS, PostGIS doesn't need PostgreSQL sources..So in 
>>Gentoo, emerge only PostGIS 1.1.0 CVS
>>by CVS or tarball....U have to compil it and install it. It doesn't 
>>require a second PostgerSQL download, compil, install and so on....
>>
>>By the way since Gerald FENOY automatically does a postgis 1.1.0 cvs 
>>tarball
>>when he want to build a PosTGIS ebuild for Gentoo...
>>
>>I hope what I said is enough understandable :-)
>>
>>Regards David
>>
>>
>>Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>Just looking at some of the reports coming into the mailing list, (in
>>>particular Nicol's and Christo's), it appears that the Gentoo and Debian
>>>builds are using PostGIS 1.1.0CVS instead of the latest 1.0.x release. Is
>>>there any reason why this is so? Would anyone like to volunteer to look
>>>after these packages and make sure they reflect the latest 1.0.x stable
>>>releases?
>>>
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>
>>>Mark. 
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