Re: Roadmap for a Win32 port

Hello Bruce,

Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 1:33:44 AM, you wrote:

BM> INSTALLER
BM> ---------

BM> We clearly need an installer that is zero-hassle for users. We need to
BM> decide on a direction for this.
I suggest Nullsoft install system
(http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/). It's real good and very simple
to use. I can help on this if you want.

BM> ENVIRONMENT

BM> Lots of our code requires a unix shell and utilities. Will we continue
BM> using cygwin for this?
There are other ports ( http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ) that won't
require Cygwin but they won't provide an environment so complete as
Cygwin does.

I also would like to empathize that probably a small GUI for
controlling the PostgreSQL service/application would be nice. I think
about something sitting in the system tray like MSSQL, Oracle,
Interbase, etc. does.
I could code this in Delphi if you like. I don't have experience in
writing GUI apps in C. There is an open source versions of Delphi so
it won't be a problem compiling it.
Also coming with this, a code for starting the PostgreSQL as a service
would be really nice. For those from UNIX world that don't know what a
service is, think about it as a daemon for Windows. A service can be
automatically started when the machine boots up.

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Best regards,
Steve Howe mailto:howe(at)carcass(dot)dhs(dot)org