| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, "pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Linux Downloads page change |
| Date: | 2012-07-10 14:39:54 |
| Message-ID: | CA+OCxoxHh-cg4A+zJ2c8Cmmue7zgMdUOM1EahfpH5zkYsqKxLw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com> wrote:
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>
> 1) A no-gui option
> The bitrock installers do have this, but at times, the technology isn't
> perfect. Many times, people want to just run a command and have it install.
> The idea with an RPM of these binaries is that we get the benefit of the
> same binaries across installers, AND lower the barrier to entry by making
> rpm -ivh ... just work.
No technology is perfect, but we have numerous users utilising text,
silent and response file installations quite successfully, including
all the additional post-copy steps the installers undertake. We also
have an unpack mode which is much more like an RPM install in that it
just lays down the binaries. Simply put, you can just run a command
and have it install.
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Dave Page
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