From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
Cc: | Daniel Farina <drfarina(at)acm(dot)org>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage |
Date: | 2011-02-10 23:50:00 |
Message-ID: | 4D5479A8.4040903@dunslane.net |
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On 02/10/2011 06:36 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Daniel Farina (drfarina(at)acm(dot)org) wrote:
>> I have to admit, this change in debian packaging -- which I have
>> noticed, and not a little -- makes my hands angry. I considered
>> looking into the problem, but were I doing it, I would have considered
>> teaching psql to support NSS or GnuTLS as totally viable alternatives
>> to this problem, as to keep readline.
> Supporting GnuTLS would be really nice.. That's how we addressed the
> same issue w/ OpenLDAP (I was involved in that as a Debian
> co-maintainer). GnuTLS has limitations too, but in the end, I find
> those more palatable (and the GnuTLS maintainer is certainly willing to
> work on improving it) than dropping readline. :/
>
Strikes me as a lot of work to buy nothing much.
cheers
andrew
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