Re: Adding PGInstaller to the Downloads section

Hi

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please find attached a patch to add PGInstaller to the Downloads section
> of postgresql.org.
>
> PGInstaller offers an easy way to install PostgreSQL. We have found this
> to be crucial to our customers who are used to GUI-based, click-n-point
> installers on Windows and at times on macOS. PGInstaller has evolved from
> 2UDA, a package that 2ndQuadrant has been working on for more than 3 years.
>
> 2ndQuadrant is committed to developing and actively maintaining
> PGInstaller for PostgreSQL versions 9.5 and above. We have been releasing,
> and will continue to release, updates in sync with the PostgreSQL
> community, most recently announcing the minor release on 9-Aug. PGInstaller
> has also kept up with the Beta releases for PostgreSQL 11.
>

The first issue that I can see (or more correctly, not see), is the source
code. All packages on these pages need to be 100% Open Source, including
the code required to build the packages themselves (but not necessarily the
tools/compilers of course). Where can the code be found?

Secondly, it looks like your ordering is not quite as it should be on some
pages. We list native packages first, followed by non-native, then third
party packaging systems, with new additions at the end of the appropriate
section to limit confusion for users (particularly those who pick the first
item then later try to upgrade it).

E.g. on the Ubuntu page, it should be:

PG APT Repo
BigSQL DEB Packages
EDB Installers
2ndQ Installers

On the Mac page:

EDB Installers
BigSQL Installers
Postgres.app
2ndQ Installers

Similarly for other pages.

Finally; "PGInstaller" is the name used by the original Windows packaging
that Magnus and I used to maintain (
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/). I for one would appreciate it
if you didn't use that name, but came up with something original.

Thanks.

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