What about using the live CD as one way to answer this problem? Just create a live CD that installs everything under
thesun (pun intended)
On July 26, 2006 02:16 am, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Paul,
>
> > I have been amazed by the power of the simple optimization rule "remove
> > barriers to entry", and how it has worked. The Windows port of PgSQL
> > and associated installer (itself a "distribution" in the kernel-metaphor
> > sense, only carried on the main PostgreSQL site) has had a huge affect
> > on PostGIS usage, so I assume the same holds true for PgSQL in general.
> >
> > But such an approach (one size fits all, click the big green button for
> > download) is basically the diametric opposite of what you suggest.
>
> Well, for example we *can't* do a one-size-fits all including PostGIS
> unless you get it re-licensed.
>
> However, I've been talking about build systems here at the conference
> again. While it's a technical barrier there may be open source software
> we can borrow. The best of all possible worlds would be to have:
>
> pg_install
>
> > install base
>
> .... done
>
> > install gis
>
> Package GIS is GPL licensed. Package GIS requires x, y, z. Proceed?
>
> if that's not possible, then having more clear packages would be the
> next best thing. Given a shortage of labor, though, I think that it
> might be better to just provide documentation to the OS build engineers
> and vendors about add-ins they might be interested in and how to find
> and build them.
>
