[postgis-users] Re: [DebianGIS] PostGIS status for debian unstable

[alex bodnaru]

hi friends,

i wish to thank you all for your input.

since the package building is a matter of human decision, not only
running dpkg-buildpackage, manual intervention in the control should be
allowed.

therefore, the environment autodetection will be done in a separate
directive of debian/rules, but the resulting control will stay stable
through the standard dpkg-buildpackage invocation. thus, suppressing
postgresql-8.0 dependency will be no problem, and i'll specifically do
it before uploading again.

indeed, packages for the older postgis/postgresql combinations may have
their place in debian-gis alone.

this repeated bouncing experience should however teach us, that not only
users, but also developers might well check the correctness of the
packages in debian gis, before attempting to upload them to debian.

best regards,

alex

Markus Schaber wrote:
> Hi, Alex,
> 
> alex bodnaru wrote:
> 
> 
>>anyway, i will do the promised improvements, postgis will build and
>>depend according to the packages in the current distribution, so after
>>8.0 will dissapear, postgis won't depend on it either.
> 
> 
> I remember to have read that packages will not be removed as long as
> other packages depend on them, so I think postgis should take the step
> and remove the 8.0 dependency.
> 
> Another point is that removing postgis for 8.0 will prevent new users
> from accidentally jump on the 8.0 train, as well as raise the pressure
> for more 8.0 users to upgrade, and both are good things[tm] IMHO.
> 
> 
>>in the meanwhile, anybody are invited to use the package on debian gis,
>>that will be smoothly replaced by the next release.
> 
> 
> Can I make you agree that debian gis might be the correct place for
> postgis 0.9 and possibly 1.0, as well as builds for 7.4 and 8.0 servers?
> 
> So only postgis 1.1 for 8.1 has to go through the buildds, possibly
> using a much simpler bood process.
> 
> Btw, instead of having a nasty, complex build config, what do you think
> about having a bunch of simple, specialized build configs that are
> generated by a script? So you can simply generate the 1.1/8.1 build
> config and upload it to debian, and generate the others for debian gis.
> 
> This generator script can reside in extras/debian in the upstream CVS
> just as the current build code does now.
> 
> HTH,
> Markus
>