Re: PG 15 downloads

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 5:55 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

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> On Mon, 17 Oct 2022 at 16:51, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
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>> On 10/17/22 11:48 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On 2022-10-17 10:32:30 +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> >>> On 17 Oct 2022, at 10:29, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> A couple of possible solutions that spring to mind:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1) Jonathan (or whoever is handling the release process) could ensure
>> those pages are updated as part of the release push, but that would require
>> confirmation from Sandeep or someone on the EDB team that the packages have
>> been published and everything looks good.
>> >>>
>> >>> 2) We could database-ise the data in those tables, and then Sandeep
>> could update that through the Django admin interface at the appropriate
>> time. He does have access to a limited part of the admin interface already.
>> >>
>> >> 3) EDB publish an API endpoint with the available releases that pg.org
>> consumes
>> >> and use to create the page?
>> >
>> > Could these tables be updated well ahead of time and PG $next just be
>> hidden
>> > until the release based on the version number?
>>
>> Yes, but the suggested JSON file approach accomplishes something
>> similar, and is a pattern we already have for some of the other package
>> repos.
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> Yeah - the problem is that I no longer manage the folks responsible for
> our website (and neither does Sandeep). EDB is rapidly approaching 1000
> people, and that complicates this sort of thing somewhat. I do know some
> of the team though, and will see if I can whisper in the right ears.
>
>
Regardless of who is managing them, surely the person in charge of it
should be on this list to be able to answer questions etc. And I'm sure
they have the technical skills to publish a json file even without your
oversight :)

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