Re: Add Postgres.app to the Downloads page?

On Thursday, May 10, 2012, Josh Berkus wrote:

>
> > We need a good description that sets it apart from the other options
> > that are on the mac download page already. For example, it's
> > "user-friendly mac-native" - how is that different from the EDB
> > installer? (Humor me, I know very little about this part of the mac..)
>
> Well, this is the official description:
>
> Postgres.app is the easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the
> Mac. Open the app, and you have a PostgreSQL server ready and awaiting
> new connections. Close the app, and the server shuts down.
>
> Is that too long?
>

Not necessarily, but as Dave said, it's probably not *correct*. Saying
"it's the simplest way" is not very informative. We need something that
tells people how it's *different* fro mthe other choices (and if that
requires updating the descriptions of the other choices as well, that's
fine by me)

> Do we know if the author is going to be keeping up properly with
> > updates and patch releases? Is he (it's a guy? or a team?) on the
> > packagers list? Should be?
>
> It's Mattt at Heroku. And yes, he should be on the packagers list. He
> will be keeping up with updates and new versions, although he may drop
> old versions faster than our standard EOL policy.
>

Ah, didn't realize that. I guess then there might well be some other people
there to back him up :)

Dropping old versions is perfectly ok - other packagers do that as well.
But keeping up with the minors is very important.

>
> I'll find his email address.
>
> > From what I can tell the installer itself is in beta. Should we
> > perhaps wait until it's release-ready?
>
> Works now, at least on my mac.
>

Sure, but works != release ready...

//Magnus

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