Re: Adding PGInstaller to the Downloads section - Mailing list pgsql-www

Hi Dave

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:01 PM Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:

Hi

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Umair Shahid <umair.shahid@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:

Hi, 

Please find attached a patch to add PGInstaller to the Downloads section of postgresql.org. 

PGInstaller offers an easy way to install PostgreSQL. We have found this to be crucial to our customers who are used to GUI-based, click-n-point installers on Windows and at times on macOS. PGInstaller has evolved from 2UDA, a package that 2ndQuadrant has been working on for more than 3 years. 

2ndQuadrant is committed to developing and actively maintaining PGInstaller for PostgreSQL versions 9.5 and above. We have been releasing, and will continue to release, updates in sync with the PostgreSQL community, most recently announcing the minor release on 9-Aug. PGInstaller has also kept up with the Beta releases for PostgreSQL 11. 

The first issue that I can see (or more correctly, not see), is the source code. All packages on these pages need to be 100% Open Source, including the code required to build the packages themselves (but not necessarily the tools/compilers of course). Where can the code be found?

I didn't realize that was a requirement. Let me work with the team internally to open the source code. 

 

Secondly, it looks like your ordering is not quite as it should be on some pages. We list native packages first, followed by non-native, then third party packaging systems, with new additions at the end of the appropriate section to limit confusion for users (particularly those who pick the first item then later try to upgrade it).

E.g. on the Ubuntu page,  it should be:

PG APT Repo

BigSQL DEB Packages

EDB Installers

2ndQ Installers

On the Mac page:

EDB Installers

BigSQL Installers

Postgres.app

2ndQ Installers

Similarly for other pages.

We can work on that. 

 

Finally; "PGInstaller" is the name used by the original Windows packaging that Magnus and I used to maintain (http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/). I for one would appreciate it if you didn't use that name, but came up with something original.

Given Magnus' email that this is not a completely dead project, I think that's reasonable. I'll get back on this thread with the requested changes. 

 

Thanks.

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