[Ubuntu] Re: PostGIS / Postgres on the Live DVD

[Alex Mandel]

Alan,

Would you mind explaining the process for uploading the new package.
I've been trying to learn but it's not very clear how to take a Debian
package and make sure it works for Ubuntu and upload it.

Thanks,
Alex

Alan Boudreault wrote:
> Alex,
> 
> I've just uploaded postgis 1.4 for karmic in UbuntuGIS. It should be
> build and published in a hour or so.
> 
> Alan
> 
> Alex Mandel wrote:
>> For the purposes of the live DVD we're working on Karmic is the target.
>> So I'm only bringing up the idea of postgis 1.4 package for that.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
>> Alan Boudreault wrote:
>>  
>>> I meant that postgis 1.4 would not work in *Jaunty* unless we add
>>> postgresql 8.4 also? Perhaps postgis 1.4 is compatible with postgresql
>>> 8.3 ?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Hamish wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Alan wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>      
>>>>> I guess that postgis 1.4 will only work in Karmic since
>>>>> postgresql 8.4 has been introduced in this release ?
>>>>>             
>>>> No, postgis 1.3 is in karmic as AFAIK works fine there.
>>>>
>>>> postgresql 8.3 still exists and is now available in a package
>>>> called "postgres-8.3".
>>>>
>>>> also of interest are the postgresql-8.3-postgis and
>>>> libpostgis-java binary packages built from the same postgis
>>>> source package.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=postgres
>>>> http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/postgis.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hamish
>>>>