Re: Please change link to pginstaller

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Magnus Hagander wrote:

> > > Please change http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew:
> > >
> > > There's a link to pginstaller at pgfoundry at the end of
> > the 1st paragraph.
> > > Please update that to point to the mirrors and bittorrent; we don't
> > > want people downloading pginstaller from pgfoundry, since
> > it's NOT mirrored.
> >
> > I have purchased a stack of pginstaller.org/.com/.net/.info
> > domain names to help promote this project. I can probably set
> > up a mirror to provide downloads for the installer as well.
> > Can I get some idea of the download rates so I know how much
> > bandwidth to purchase?
>
> I think it's better to direct downloads to the standard way. It gives us
> download tracking ;-), and it also makes it appear more as "the official
> postgresql installer" (which I beleive it is).

I believe that pginstaller is totally buried on pgfoundry. And as others
pointed out, there are load/bandwidth considerations. I can do download
tracking for you and I will have a few hundred GB/month bandwidth.

What I have in mind is a single page with promotional material, links to
screen shots, a link to download the most recent version and a link to
the pgfoundry page for more information. The only annoying bit is keeping
the page up to date with the latest version. Its not a huge problem but.

What do you think?

Gavin