Re: Cleaning up the Download options

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 04:23:46PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 3:25 PM David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 04:13:40PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > > I've just reviewed all the download options on the website. A number are
> > > out of date or have other issues, so I think we need to have a cleanup:
> > >
> > > Primary downloads:
> > >
> > > - postgresql.org packages are up to date.
> > > - EDB installers are up to date.
> > > - BigSQL installers are up to date.
> > > - postgres.app is up to date.
> > > - Fink is a release behind on 9.4 through 10, and doesn't carry 11 at all
> > > as far as I can tell.
> > > - MacPorts is up to date.
> > > - The Homebrew link seems to go to a download site which after many
> > clicks
> > > gives me the Windows installer from EDB(!). I've fixed that now. The
> > > packages appear to be a release behind on all supported branches.
> > >
> > > Thoughts on whether we should make any changes to the Fink and Brew
> > > distributions? We used to require that the primary downloads be
> > maintained
> > > on our schedule, so by rights they should be removed.
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean by this, but homebrew keeps in step with
> > upstream very quickly, often before some of the others listed above.
>
> Not according to https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/postgresql#default

What I see there: 11.3, 10.6, 9.6.13, 9.5.15, 9.4.21
The most recent releases: 11.3, 10.8, 9.6.13, 9.5.17, 9.4.22

Is this really drastically out of step, given that a new install, by
default, would be 11.3?

Best,
David.
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