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

On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

>
> > On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Does anyone strongly contest to the current language? If not I will apply
> the patch tonight.
>
> Jonathan
>

Previously the descriptions were held to a bar requiring claims to be based
on something other than pure marketing. There is nothing in the EDB
installer to make it more cloud ready or bare metal ready or virtualization
ready than the standard Postgres source. Applying this will set the
standard that marketing fluff is ok.

Dave

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