Re: RPM building (was regression on RedHat)

Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>

From: teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød )
To: Justin Clift <aa2@bigpond.net.au>
Cc: lockhart@fourpalms.org, Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-03-22T00:43:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Justin Clift <aa2@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> It's not "Mandrake" that will be broken.  Mandrake is also often used by
> new Linux users who wouldn't have the slightest idea about setting GCC
> options.  It'll be THEM that have broken installations if we take this
> approach (as an aside, that means that WE will be probably also be
> answering more questions about PostgreSQL being broken on Mandrake
> systems).
> 
> Isn't it better that PostgreSQL works with what it's got on a system AND
> ALSO that someone notifies the Mandrake people regarding the problem?

Most people will use what the vendor ship - a vendor (like us) look
into the benefits (stability, performance, compatiblity) of different
packages, and make a selection. If they've done a choice of which
options are used in their distribution, they are obviously fine with
the consequences.

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.