Re: Cleaning up the Download options

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 11:49 AM Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

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> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:14 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>> I've just reviewed all the download options on the website. A number are
>> out of date or have other issues, so I think we need to have a cleanup:
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>> Primary downloads:
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>> - postgresql.org packages are up to date.
>> - EDB installers are up to date.
>> - BigSQL installers are up to date.
>> - postgres.app is up to date.
>> - Fink is a release behind on 9.4 through 10, and doesn't carry 11 at all
>> as far as I can tell.
>> - MacPorts is up to date.
>> - The Homebrew link seems to go to a download site which after many
>> clicks gives me the Windows installer from EDB(!). I've fixed that now. The
>> packages appear to be a release behind on all supported branches.
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>> Thoughts on whether we should make any changes to the Fink and Brew
>> distributions? We used to require that the primary downloads be maintained
>> on our schedule, so by rights they should be removed.
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>> Secondary (third party) downloads:
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>> - LiveCD - this hasn't been updated since 9.6 in December 2016. It should
>> be removed.
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>> - 2UDA - This hasn't been updated since May 2018, and is currently
>> carrying 11beta1, 10.4, 9.6.9 and 9.5.13. I think this should be removed.
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> I know there is an effort in the works to accommodate Postgres Installer
> from 2ndQuadrant in the Downloads section somewhere. That is one reason
> 2UDA hasn't been updated. Perhaps we can redirect the 2UDA traffic to
> Postgres Installer till we figure out how to restructure the Downloads
> section?
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I didn't hear back anything on this suggestion. I can get the redirect
added quite quickly if there are no objections.

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>> - TurnKey - Deploying this requires signing up to their service. I
>> eventually tracked down the manifest file for their images and found they
>> ship 9.4.6. This should be removed.
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>> - BitNami images are up to date.
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>> Comments etc? I'm out from EOD until Tuesday, but will review any
>> comments somewhen after then, and make changes as appropriate (including
>> following my own suggestions if noone disagrees with them :-p ).
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