Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard

On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 22:02 -0400, Greg Smith wrote:

> Possible feedback topics:
>
> -Setting the next round of values requires asking the user for some input
> before making recommendations. Is it worth building a curses-based
> interface to updating the values? That would be really helpful for people
> with only ssh access to their server, but barring something like WCurses
> I'm not sure it would help on Windows.
>
> -How about a GUI one with Python's Tkinter interface? Now Windows isn't a
> problem, but people using ssh aren't going to be as happy.

You could have it in two parts - an agent running on the server, started
over ssh and GUI interface running on users workstation which talk to
said agent.

And I'd suggest you use wxPython for GUI part if you want a relatively
modern look.

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