Re: [HACKERS] Re: HISTORY for 6.5.2

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > You're missing one minor point. It's highly probable you never experienced
> > it. The first few days (maybe even couple of weeks) PostgreSQL can be
> > intimidating. Most packages install the same way:
> >
> > ./configure
> > make
> > make install
> >
> > and you can do it from whatever directory you want. Right from the
> > beginning, the postgres installation has you working from a directory
> > that you may not normally keep your sources in (I keep mine in /usr/local/src
> > as do many others), working as a user you just created so you're in an
> > unfamiliar environment. Then the redirection of the make process (or the
> > gmake process) monitoring it with tail.... For the first time installer
> > it can be intimidating. Hell, Innd 1.4 was easier to install the first
> > time. After doing it more than once (and using Tom's tip with makefile.custom)
> > all of that can be gotten around. Then the regression tests. Lets face
> > it, it's a big package - well worth the effort to learn it, but it's still
> > big. So after putting the poor newbie thru all of this trauma you want to
> > further traumatize him/her with man pages? :)
> >
>
> I agree our INSTALL is very large. Is there some way we can simplify
> the install process?

Yeah, but let me test it first. I have two to install this week so I
make sure.

Vince.
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