Re: Linux Downloads page change

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:30:12AM -0400, Scott Mead wrote:
> > > Given that the whole idea of the redesign is to help people figure
> out
> > > why they should choose the different options, can you provide a
> patch
> > > to that page that actually includes a good description of *why*
> these
> > > would be preferable to the standard RPMs?
> >
> > Absolutely, I'm boarding a flight now, but will work on it once I hit
> > 10,000 ft.
> >
> > PFA a patch for the linux download pages
>
> > They are designed for production server installation where a GUI is not
> > available and consistency across multiple distributions is a
> > requirement.
>
> What installers require a GUI? I thought the EnterpriseDB installers
> have a no-gui option? Do you mean they include no GUI binaries like
> PGAdmin?
>

Two things specifically:

1) A no-gui option
The bitrock installers do have this, but at times, the technology isn't
perfect. Many times, people want to just run a command and have it
install. The idea with an RPM of these binaries is that we get the benefit
of the same binaries across installers, AND lower the barrier to entry by
making rpm -ivh ... just work.

2) no GUI binaries
This package is a 'server-only' install. Same binaries, smaller
download size, quick and simple install / start / up and running.

--Scottie

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