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diff --git a/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-descr b/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-descr index f8f8a9e0d422..b8cc9ef12de1 100644 --- a/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-descr +++ b/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-descr @@ -1,23 +1,18 @@ PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting -almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and -user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source -database available anywhere. Commercial Support is also available. +almost all SQL constructs, including sub-selects, transactions, +schemas, and user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced +open-source database available anywhere. PostgreSQL is developed +under the BSD license and has many commercial support offerings. -The original Postgres code was the effort of many graduate students, -undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the direction of -Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of California, Berkeley. In -1995, Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen took on the task of converting the DBMS query -language to SQL and created a new database system which came to known as -Postgres95. Many others contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and -enhancement of the Postgres95 code. As the code improved, and 1995 faded into -memory, PostgreSQL was born. +The postgresql-devel is intended for developer use and contains the +latest features in the PostgreSQL tree. This version is not intended +for production use. System catalogs may change requiring a reinitdb +and full dump/restore of your database. Use of the -devel port +implies a fair degree of knowledge of the PostgreSQL development cycle +and that the administrator is tracking changes made to the PostgreSQL +tree. -PostgreSQL development is presently being performed by a team of Internet -developers who are now responsible for all current and future development. The -development team coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@PostgreSQL.ORG). -Support is available from the PostgreSQL developer/user community through the -support mailing list (questions@PostgreSQL.ORG). - -PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available. +This port's source tarballs are taken directly from CVS so code may +contain bugs. Use with extreme discretion. WWW: http://www.postgresql.org/ |