Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
Cc: "Rader, David" <davidr(at)openscg(dot)com>, "\"Marc Linster\"(at)EDB" <marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>, "pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages
Date: 2016-07-06 19:06:59
Message-ID: 577D56D3.3080801@commandprompt.com
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On 07/06/2016 12:02 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> On 07/06/2016 07:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> On 07/06/2016 10:54 AM, Rader, David wrote:
>>> I am concerned that the "bare metal" description is misleading to users,
>>> since on both the Linux and Windows installers an OS is still required.
>>> Suggesting that the installer can setup a full stack including OS will
>>> be confusing.
>>>
>>
>> Bare metal is an industry standard term for, "not virtualized".
>
> it is but it is usually used in the context of operating systems - so I
> kinda agree with david here that personally I would expect something
> that is for "bare metal" is something that can directly be installed on
> physical hardware (as in an OS).

I am good either way, I was just expressing my experience.

JD

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