[Pkg-erlang-devel] CouchDB packaging updates

[Chad MILLER]

On 11/10/2009 08:53 PM, Sam Bisbee wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:55:03PM -0500, Chad MILLER wrote:
>> Hi, I work near Elliot, and I don't mind elucidating some of the details
>> that he thinks are offtopic here.  For most replies about our rationale
>> and usage internals, perhaps we should go off-list; I do not mind.
>
> Hello Chad,
>
> Thank you very much for your reply, it was quite clear and it sounds like
> you're doing some interesting things with couchdb. I'm quite happy to hear that
> you're trying to spread couchdb use.
>
> However, your packaging and use of couchdb _does_ change the natural way things
> are done with couchdb. I'm not saying that what you are trying to accomplish is
> right or wrong, I'm just saying that it's not what native couchdb does. That
> makes it a fork, regardless of whether you change the code or not.

I'm running stock couchdb manually, and specifying a different data 
directory and specifying that it use the magical port "0".  That sounds 
"native" to me, and there is nothing at all I need from couchdb 
developers.  There are no couchdb changes to take to an upstream, and 
I'm frankly at a loss to imagine what else you think I should do.

The only thing on my wish list is that people using this not waste 
memory or boot time on a daemon that they're not using.

- chad