| From: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, "Rader, David" <davidr(at)openscg(dot)com>, "Marc Linster(at)EDB" <marc(dot)linster(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>, "pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Updates for PostgreSQL.org one-click installer download pages |
| Date: | 2016-07-06 21:44:22 |
| Message-ID: | E9EA3861-344F-4F5A-9E1C-52A8E3914BB9@postgresql.org |
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> On Jul 6, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On 07/06/2016 12:02 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>> On 07/06/2016 07:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>> On 07/06/2016 10:54 AM, Rader, David wrote:
>>>> I am concerned that the "bare metal" description is misleading to users,
>>>> since on both the Linux and Windows installers an OS is still required.
>>>> Suggesting that the installer can setup a full stack including OS will
>>>> be confusing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bare metal is an industry standard term for, "not virtualized".
>>
>> it is but it is usually used in the context of operating systems - so I
>> kinda agree with david here that personally I would expect something
>> that is for "bare metal" is something that can directly be installed on
>> physical hardware (as in an OS).
>
> I am good either way, I was just expressing my experience.
Does anyone strongly contest to the current language? If not I will apply the patch tonight.
Jonathan
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