| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Marcel Hofstetter <hofstetter(at)jomasoft(dot)ch>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL package download for Solaris 11.4 |
| Date: | 2022-09-12 14:46:30 |
| Message-ID: | 8ed06a2a-7bba-559a-29f2-48fa9e24d673@aklaver.com |
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On 9/12/22 06:32, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 9/12/22 6:42 AM, Marcel Hofstetter wrote:
>
>>
>>>> Also, I don't think it's fair to complain about the javascript part.
>>>> While I
>>>> agree it's laughable that it's now apparently impossible to find a
>>>> page that
>>>> displays text or links without millions of lines code of javascript
>>
>> The download page is not for you guys. It is for Solaris users.
>> They have javascript enabled anyway, because the Oracle Support Portal
>> and many other modern websites use/require javascript.
>>
>> For MacOS and Windows a link to external pages is no problem.
>> Why is it a problem for Solaris and AIX?
>
> The reason for this with MacOS/Windows installers is historical. Many
Where "...is historical." means they are run through the EDB site and
this is important because of:
https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/
If moving from third party sites was really important there is no reason
the installers could not have been moved during the clean up mentioned
below or at some time shortly there after. In other words consistency is
important up to a point, then we finesse it.
--
Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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