Re: Some restructuring of the download section

On Sunday, June 17, 2012, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>
>
> In terms of confusing entries, though, describing the non-yum option
> as a "one click installer" makes it sound like it is the fast and
> easy way to do this. My experiences with the yum packages is that
> there are no clicks needed. I type the apt-get command or pick the
> package in the GUI package manager and a few secons later I have a
> running PostgreSQL instance without any further interaction, and
> which will automatically be updated with new minor releases. I think
> we should provide some guidance on the reasons one would want to pick
> one or the other.
>

(this is background info, not an argument against the proposed changes):

Well the whole point is that they are faster and easier to get started -
one package contains server, docs, GUI etc, and following a few clicks
everything is up and running. Personally I dislike the term 1-click
installer as it's clearly inaccurate (it's more like 5 clicks), but that's
the name that has become known and recognised.

The platform native packaging systems are marginally easier to update
(StackBuilder will update the installers), but have proven in the past to
confuse some users because it's hard to know what to install (though part
of what Magnus has done aims to make that easier), and they all install
software but don't do any of the setup for you - no initdb, no service
setup etc.

The reason the original design was implemented, and the installers were
written, is that this was a real problem that caused regular emails to
webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org and other places. We reduced that to practically
zero by putting the 'no-brainer' option at the top of the page.

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