Re: Cleaning up the Download options

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 3:15 PM David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:

> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 08:59:28AM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 4:44 AM David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> >
> > > 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 out of date or have other issues, so I think we need to have a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?
> > >
> >
> > I never said it was drastically out of step. However, those distributions
> > listed on the "primary" section are expected to be fully up to date, not
> > months out of date as is the case with some of those branches.
>
> For people using MacOS, homebrew can be a real time saver, broadly
> speaking. I'll commit to keeping the minor versions patched, and while
> I can't guarantee that those patches will be applied immediately, I
> can say I have yet to wait more than three days for that to happen.
>

Great, thanks.

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