Re: Adding PGInstaller to the Downloads section

Hi Dave
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:01 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> 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?
>

I didn't realize that was a requirement. Let me work with the team
internally to open the source code.

>
> 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.
>

We can work on that.

>
> 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.
>

Given Magnus' email that this is not a completely dead project, I think
that's reasonable. I'll get back on this thread with the requested changes.

>
> Thanks.
>
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