Re: Switching to Homebrew as recommended Mac install?

From: David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: Jay Levitt <jay(dot)levitt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Switching to Homebrew as recommended Mac install?
Date: 2012-04-02 05:40:06
Message-ID: 138DB50C-8D75-4E46-9808-CE5C86514861@yahoo.com
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On Apr 1, 2012, at 13:14, Jay Levitt <jay(dot)levitt(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The Mac installation docs currently recommend the EDB one-click installer as the first choice. While this does install pgadmin and some other refinements, it also is fairly confusing to troubleshoot:
>

The items are not numbered and it is impossible to avoid special ordering. There are three options - and yes EDD is listed at the top of the page - but nothing else implies any kind of order and given that they are dealing with different ways to package if someone prefers MacPorts or Fink the fact they are listed lower shouldn't induce them to pick the unfamiliar one first.

David J.

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