[Pkg-postgresql-public] Dropping postgresql 8.3 for squeeze

Martin Pitt mpitt at debian.org
Wed Dec 30 18:59:02 UTC 2009


Dimitri Fontaine [2009-12-30 14:17 +0100]:
> The problem for the maintainer is having to edit a package, hence do
> some testing and QA again, when there's absolutely NO value in doing so,
> neither for the maintainer, the extension or its users.

That's only true if the change is to drop a supported version. If one
is added (like a new major version is packaged), then you do need to
adapt your package and test etc., since it will most likely not even
build against the newer server version.

Martin

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