Re: new postgresql package

[Olaf Till]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 01:50:44PM +0000, Carnë Draug wrote:
> On 11 January 2013 23:56, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:
> > can I maintain my postgresql package at forge?
> 
> On 12 January 2013 09:15, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I had roughly scanned the database package and decided to start from
> > scratch. Merging with 'database' would now mean to replace its
> > postgresql part.
> 
> Yes, but I would also prefer you placed your code as part of the
> current database package. Doesn't mean that the current package that
> deals with postgreSQL needs to use it. Is it not not possible to have
> your postgreSQL specific functions to exist side by side with the
> functions from that package? If not, then their names would have to be
> changed even if on another package to avoid problems in the case
> someone has the two packages installed.
> 
> > Do you know the database package well? From what I read in the list I
> > thought it does not work now. Is that not true?
> 
> The database package still compiles with Octave 3.6.X (at least on my
> system) but there are other issues with the database package,
> including license. While the DESCRIPTION claims to be under GPL2 and
> BSD, this is not completely true when one actually looks at the
> individual files. Of course, compiling doesn't mean it works well.
> 
> On 12 January 2013 15:12, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I would not like to mix maintained code with unmaintained in
> > one package.
> 
> You don't have to maintain the rest of the code. Package maintainer
> does not mean you'll have to fix all bugs related to the package. Not
> even code author means you have to. But it means less packages around.
> 
> Of course, that's up to you. If you do not want to, feel free to go
> ahead and create a database-postgreSQL package on octave-forge/main

Well, then I'll try to review the database package more thoroughly
before I decide on a possible code coexistence within it.

Olaf

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