On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:00 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
Hi On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Rader, David <davidr@openscg.com> wrote: > Attached is a proposed patch for the Windows, OS X, and Linux download pages > to include the BigSQL.org packages for download. > > Please review for approval
I think there are a number of issues with this:
- The descriptions should be kept much shorter, a couple of lines at most like the other entries.
- There are factual inaccuracies - your toolchain is not 100% Open Source as stated. BitRock InstallBuilder is closed source.
- I don't believe one platforms description should discuss other platforms - e.g, lose "This distribution is consistent across Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux". If the general feeling is that it should be included, then it should be added for the EDB packages as well.
- There should not be any mention of sandboxes on these pages. These are intended to be very simple pages getting users up and running with minimal confusion, not listing every possible option available to them.
In general though, I do not feel it's appropriate to list these packages at all, given that they make silent outbound HTTP calls during installation, without the user being made aware of that or being given any option to object. That could easily be considered a privacy issue by people, one that may come back to bite us for hosting the downloads on our primary listing.
I'm also somewhat concerned by some Python services that were left running when I tried out the Mac version. Why would I have any Python services running when I've installed PostgreSQL? If they're used by your package manager, why are they not started and stopped as required?
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Thank you for your feedback, we're going to address the wording concerns later today and address the HTTP download request in a new version within the week.
