From: Nick U. <nu...@te...> - 2011-09-06 11:01:49
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On 6 September 2011 11:28, Alexander Peshkov (JIRA) <tr...@fi... > wrote: > > [ > http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3591?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=24036#action_24036] > > Alexander Peshkov commented on CORE-3591: > ----------------------------------------- > > The reason to drop rpm support is very simple - we can't provide enough > good quality of rpm-s for difefrent distros and can't release as many types > of rpms as types of linux distro-s exist. > I'm very sorry if you will have to change the database due to such strange > reason... Be sure that .tar.gz installer is fine when upgrading database. > And certainly you are free to build your own rpm! Moreover, if it's specific > for centos it will upgrade perfectly. > > its just that there is a company policy that prefers author-generated rpms for software, second choice is where we produce the rpm. This isn't a problem yet as I have no intention of moving to 2.5 for several months let alone version 3 -- Nick Upson (01799 533252) |