On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > OK, so if base isn't compilable, then what is it good for? I don't see
> > > any add-on packages that would make it usable.
> >
> > AFAIR, the only reason for having the split packaging is to accommodate
> > people who are downloading across flaky connections --- less to retry if
> > your connection drops. You still have to download all the data if you
> > want to have a useful package, no?
>
> That was not my understanding. If that was the issue, we would release
> packages numbered 1-5. Marc splits them up saying if you don't want the
> docs, don't download them. I assume opt is /contrib. My guess is he
> had the multibyte stuff out in /opt but now they are required.
Actually, I just asked for the split, I think it was peter that actually
did it ... :)