> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:Andreas.Pflug@web.de]
> Sent: 09 May 2003 15:28
> To: Dave Page; pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] pga3: Nightly binary snapshots
> for Linux...
>
>
> Dave Page wrote:
>
> >...are now being built on http://snake.pgadmin.org/
> >
> >Any comments or problems before I make this more widely known?
> >
> >
> >
> Yes, I have some comments:
> - I wonder why that tar.gz has 3.6MB, while mine is just
> about 1.9MB. Is
> the binary stripped? This will reduce the binary from 9.6 MB
> to 5.3 MB.
No, it's not stripped - I'll fix that.
> - I do not prove the linux version regularly to be as stable as the
> windows version, so I released Linux versions only after a
> brief test.
> If generated automatically, there's the chance of some inconsistency.
No, neither do I. It's only a snapshot for convenience so I think the
health warning is implicit anyway. I'll make that more than clear when I
advertise it.
> - How about the windows version? This is probably at least as
> interesting as the Linux version to the outside world.
The problem with that is that I don't have a box to build it on. I can't
use a server here for that, and our workstations are all laptops that
normally walk out the door in the evenings.
> At the moment, I'm offering both versions on my website. I
> really don't
> insist on keeping this place, obviously a *.pgadmin.org host
> looks much
> better for this.
Well if you can carry the windows snapshot I can get a DNS record added
if you like. Alternatively, I can give you access to snake...
Regards, Dave.
