Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages

From: "Marc Linster (at) EDB" <marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages
Date: 2016-07-04 15:51:29
Message-ID: E49F8F18-7B79-4E54-A8F8-0D57B860F7A6@enterprisedb.com
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Here is the updated patch. I have removed the reference to command line install from the Windows installer

Regards, Marc

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> On Jun 29, 2016, at 9:09 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com <mailto:scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 29 Jun 2016, at 17:44, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 06/29/2016 07:17 AM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>>>> Hi Marc,
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2016, at 9:29 AM, Marc Linster @ EDB
>>>>>> <marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com <mailto:marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a patch to update the descriptions for the EDB one-click
>>>>>> installers for OSX, Windows and Linux.
>>>>>> <edboneclickpatch.diff>
>>>>>
>>>>> I reviewed the page and it looks okay from a technical perspective. I
>>>>> will wait a day to see if anyone has a comment on the language, and if
>>>>> not, will apply it.
>>>>
>>>> -1.
>>>>
>>>> I read through this and this is essentially a marketing update.
>>>
>>> That in itself isn't a bad thing but it will create inconsistencies in the
>>> site. For example on:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/
>>>>
>>>> It will now say:
>>>>
>>>> "Interactive installer by EnterpriseDB"
>>>>
>>>> Instead of the site/vendor consistent "Graphical Installer"
>>>
>>> Right and with good reason - it's more accurate. The installers can run in
>>> either graphical or text modes interactively (and silent mode in fact).
>>
>>
>> Is there specific, new functionality targeted at:
>>
>> "
>>
>> server environments including bare metal,
>>
>> virtual environments, and public, private, and hybrid clouds.
>>
>> "
>
> Nothing particularly new, but there is support for silent and
> scripted/parameterised installations that can be used in such
> environments, for example via cloud-init.
>
> As I pointed out though, these descriptions haven't been updated in
> years. We just want to refresh them with more informative and up to
> date information.
>
> --
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>
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