Tiziano Müller wrote:
What do the new ebuilds offer:
a) A split into dev-db/postgresql-{base,server,docs}.

WRONG we aren't debian.

we have a nice use for documentation...

Now, I know that
splitting up packages isn't the Gentoo way. I know we could have done it
using USE flags but this approach gives more flexibility due to the current
way how binary packages are being generated and distributed.

It gives an annoyance please reconsider.

b) New virtuals: virtual/postgresql-{base,server} to be able to install
pgcluster as your postgresql-base in a next step.

see before.

c) Slotting: It is now possible to have more than one major version of
PostgreSQL installed and running on the same machine.

Great =)

d) A lot of other improvements, in detail, the following bugs will be fixed:

Wonderful =)

lu

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Luca Barbato
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero

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