Re: The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country.

On 4/11/21 9:12 AM, Israel Brewster wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 1:53 AM, Stephan Knauss <pgsql(at)stephans-server(dot)de
>> <mailto:pgsql(at)stephans-server(dot)de>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Felix,
>>
>> On 11.04.2021 02:31, felix(dot)quintgz(at)yahoo(dot)com
>> <mailto:felix(dot)quintgz(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>>> I see no reason why ask elsewhere first, the link for the installer
>>> download is on the Postgresql website, not elsewhere. The most logical
>>> thing to do is ask here first.
>>
>>> Because it is the Postgresql installer.
>>> https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads
>>>
>> It's unfortunate that your download is blocked. As indicated by others I
>> am also wondering why you ask here for community support.
>>
>> You pointed to a download link which is controlled by a private company
>> selling Postgresql services:
>>
>> Read about this company on an independent website:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnterpriseDB
>>
>> If you are looking for the download links of the PostgreSQL project, you
>> can find it here:
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/download/
>>
>>
>> Based on your feedback, it is NOT the link listed on the PostgreSQL website,
>
> With all due respect, the link he posted IS the link listed on the
> PostgreSQL website, at least for me. When I go to the link YOU posted, and
> click on MacOS, for example (giving me a URL of
> https://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/), the FIRST option listed
> there is "Interactive installer by EDB”, which links to
> https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads.
> There is no indication on that page that you are linking to a third-party
> package download not supported by PostgreSQL (it does say “certified by
> EDB”, but that doesn’t mean much to a new user, and certainly doesn’t
> indicate a lack of support by PostgreSQL), so it makes total sense that
> someone would think to ask here first when experiencing issues.
>
> If you don’t want to offer assistance, that’s fine, but this link most
> certainly IS the link listed on the PostgreSQL website, at least for
> MacOS. I haven’t checked for other operating systems.
>

Your comment means that the owners of any web page which links to a third
party product must support that third-party product, just by virtue of
supporting it.  That's crazy.

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