Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] What's left? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Steve,

the point is that PostgreSQL is no GNU product, never has been and if
someone intends to he shall do so after yanking out the contributions I
made.


Jan

Steve Tibbett wrote:
> The suggested location is %ProgramFiles%\CompanyName\ProductName but GNU products often don't have a "company", so
someprojects use GNU as the company name. 
>
> I'd rather it was simply %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL myself.
>
>  - Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Wieck [mailto:JanWieck@Yahoo.com]
> Sent: 2004年2月2日 10:34
> To: Steve Tibbett
> Cc: 'David Garamond'; 'Dann Corbit'; 'Claudio Natoli'; 'Andrew Dunstan'; 'pgsql-hackers-win32';
'PostgreSQL-development'
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [HACKERS] What's left?
>
> Steve Tibbett wrote:
>> I think users would prefer %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL - that's what
>> Mozilla and some other projects do, although still other projects do
>> %ProgramFiles%\GNU\PostgreSQL.
>
> What would be the reason to put PostgreSQL into %ProgramFiles%\GNU ?
>
>
> Jan
>
>>
>> I'd vote for %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL.
>>
>>  - Steve
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org
>> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of David
>> Garamond
>> Sent: January 23, 2004 2:42 AM
>> To: Dann Corbit
>> Cc: Claudio Natoli; Andrew Dunstan; pgsql-hackers-win32;
>> PostgreSQL-development
>> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [HACKERS] What's left?
>>
>> Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>>But for now I suggest that the default prefix on Windows is
>>>>>C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL
>>>
>>> More properly:
>>> %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL
>>
>> Another suggestion: %ProgramFiles%\PGDG\PostgreSQL (or even
>> %ProgramFiles%\PGDG\PostgreSQL 7.5). Apache2 uses
>> %ProgramFiles%\Apache Group\Apache2.
>>
>> Note: Many software uses the %ProgramFiles%\<VendorName>\<ProductName>
>> convention, but apparently Microsoft itself puts stuffs right under
>> %ProgramFiles% (%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Money, \Internet Explorer,
>> \Windows Media Player, etc).
>>
>>> And then, if they don't like that, let them put it wherever they darn
>>> well please.
>>
>> --
>> dave
>>
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