Re: Cleaning up the Download options

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:14 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> 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 out of date or have other issues, so I think we need to have a cleanup:
>
> Primary downloads:
>
> - 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Secondary (third party) downloads:
>
> - LiveCD - this hasn't been updated since 9.6 in December 2016. It should
> be removed.
>
> - 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.
>

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?

>
> - 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.
>
> - BitNami images are up to date.
>
> 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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