Re: Trim the Fat (Was: Re: Open 7.3 items )

From: "Jeff MacDonald" <jeff(at)tsunamicreek(dot)com>
To: "Andrew Sullivan" <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Trim the Fat (Was: Re: Open 7.3 items )
Date: 2002-07-31 17:36:43
Message-ID: HIEGJGDMNIKAMPPDEKBNMEFPCBAA.jeff@tsunamicreek.com
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> Besides, more generally, Postgres already has a reputation as being
> difficult to install. The proposal to separate out all the
> "non-basics" (I'm not even sure how one would draw that line: maybe a
> server-only package and a client-library package run through GBorg?)
> would mean that anyone wanting to do something moderately complicated
> would have a yet higher hurdle. Isn't that a problem?

When you install freebsd or linux, is it a problem that all the perl modules
you need have to fetched from cpan ? why can't they call just be part of the
OS ?'
likewise with dns servers, samba, apache etc.. this is a bit of a stretched
example
but the point is the same.

Personall, I'd live to just be able to download the server with pg_dump psql
etc..

But that's just me for what it's worth.

jeff.

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