Re: Adding PGInstaller to the Downloads section

Hello,

while we are here, may I ask you www-guys to consider our request
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/311b87dc-648e-0827-9530-18855ea63785%40postgrespro.ru#7bbed328d5cf9161eabc13885729b9fb

Best regards,
Oleg

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Umair Shahid
<umair(dot)shahid(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:46 PM Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave
>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:01 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Umair Shahid
>>> <umair(dot)shahid(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please find attached a patch to add PGInstaller to the Downloads section
>>>> of postgresql.org.
>>>>
>>>> PGInstaller offers an easy way to install PostgreSQL. We have found this
>>>> to be crucial to our customers who are used to GUI-based, click-n-point
>>>> installers on Windows and at times on macOS. PGInstaller has evolved from
>>>> 2UDA, a package that 2ndQuadrant has been working on for more than 3 years.
>>>>
>>>> 2ndQuadrant is committed to developing and actively maintaining
>>>> PGInstaller for PostgreSQL versions 9.5 and above. We have been releasing,
>>>> and will continue to release, updates in sync with the PostgreSQL community,
>>>> most recently announcing the minor release on 9-Aug. PGInstaller has also
>>>> kept up with the Beta releases for PostgreSQL 11.
>>>
>>>
>>> The first issue that I can see (or more correctly, not see), is the
>>> source code. All packages on these pages need to be 100% Open Source,
>>> including the code required to build the packages themselves (but not
>>> necessarily the tools/compilers of course). Where can the code be found?
>>
>>
>> I didn't realize that was a requirement. Let me work with the team
>> internally to open the source code.
>
>
> The source code is available here:
> https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/postgres-installer
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Secondly, it looks like your ordering is not quite as it should be on
>>> some pages. We list native packages first, followed by non-native, then
>>> third party packaging systems, with new additions at the end of the
>>> appropriate section to limit confusion for users (particularly those who
>>> pick the first item then later try to upgrade it).
>>>
>>> E.g. on the Ubuntu page, it should be:
>>>
>>> PG APT Repo
>>> BigSQL DEB Packages
>>> EDB Installers
>>> 2ndQ Installers
>>>
>>> On the Mac page:
>>>
>>> EDB Installers
>>> BigSQL Installers
>>> Postgres.app
>>> 2ndQ Installers
>>>
>>> Similarly for other pages.
>>
>>
>> We can work on that.
>
>
> The attached patch has the ordering as required.
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Finally; "PGInstaller" is the name used by the original Windows packaging
>>> that Magnus and I used to maintain
>>> (http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/). I for one would appreciate it
>>> if you didn't use that name, but came up with something original.
>>
>>
>> Given Magnus' email that this is not a completely dead project, I think
>> that's reasonable. I'll get back on this thread with the requested changes.
>
>
> The name has been updated to Postgres Installer.
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave Page
>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>
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>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Umair Shahid
>> Head of Marketing & Products
>> 2ndQuadrant - The team of diligent PostgreSQL experts
>> https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Umair Shahid
> Head of Marketing & Products
> 2ndQuadrant - The team of diligent PostgreSQL experts
> https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/

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