Re: Apt & Downloads page

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL WWW <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Apt & Downloads page
Date: 2015-05-14 17:38:54
Message-ID: 20150514173854.GF23739@momjian.us
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On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 06:03:28PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner
> <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> wrote:
> > On 08/09/2013 11:30 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >>
> >>> I agree that there is some duplication there but afaiks the instructions
> >>> for importing the key are identical and there is quite a diverse set of
> >>> other stuff on bith sites so the only real overlap is the three bullets
> >>> versions for installation.
> >>
> >> But the wiki has a link to the easy-to-use update script, and the
> >> downloads page does not.
> >
> > hmm not entirely sure why the script is easier than c&p the commands
> > into a shell (you need to download and excute it which is not even
> > explained how to do). In any case I would vote for moving that
> > script(which needs to be execute as root) to the main website rather
> > having it on the wiki which can be more easily "modified".
>
> +1, that information should definitely be on the website, and not the
> wiki (well, it can be on the wiki as well, of course, but we should
> not encourage people to run "random commands off the wiki" as root on
> their boxes)

Do we want to do anything with this?

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