Re: Adding PGInstaller to the Downloads section

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.
>>
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>
>
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> Umair Shahid
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>

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