Re: Sourceforge

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)sheeky(dot)biz> wrote:

> On 29/05/2015 04:09, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>>
>> I just did a fresh install of 9.4.2 on Windows 8. Looked like just the
>>> standard EnterpriseDB packaging to me, gives you the option of doing the
>>> StackBuilder add-ons when complete.
>>>
>>> As an aside, though, it doesn't appear that this is where most people
>>> are getting their PostgreSQL:
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgresql.mirror/files/stats/timeline
>>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> My question was "does the PostgreSQL project need to do anything about
>> this?", and the answer is apparently "no".
>>
>>
> I would say YES.
>
> The files may be ok now, but what are they going to do in the future?
>
> We should make sure that everyone knows the SF binaries are no longer
> officially endorsed or maintained.
>

Just to be clear, these have not been officially endorsed for *many* years.
I think we did at one point, but that's way in the past. I think we even
had it in the release announcements at one point.

After that someone did sporadically maintain them (as in upload new
versions every now and then but definitely not every minor release) for a
while, and then eventually gave up on that.

There's not a single link to that project on the postgres website. I don't
think we need to add a "negative link" telling people not to use it, but we
just need to keep not telling people to use it.

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