Re: Let's get the OpenSCG packages listed on download

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:04 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

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> > On 25 Apr 2016, at 20:05, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
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> > -WWW,
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> > In reviewing:
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> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAKq0gv+Gc0i8j=ktQSkMkLJmmTqUHAm=Eza7zLv+MdXCB6H+Bw@mail.gmail.com
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> > It becomes clear that they are following the Open Source way in a more
> transparent fashion that the other universal packages available.
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> In what way exactly? I can't even find the source code on the website. The
> existing installers are on git.postgresql.org.
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Looks like an oversight, we're opening up the repo now.

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> The other thing to be very careful of is confusing users. Are these
> distributions interchangeable? What happens if a user tries to upgrade one
> with the other?

That's the beauty of our update manager, It's consistent across platforms
and makes updates a snap. That being said, our testing includes using each
set of binaries against data directories created with different installers.

--Scott

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