X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BED49DC9BF for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:58:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31164-01-2 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:58:08 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0FB29DC9C0 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:58:06 -0400 (AST) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2DDAB39841; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:57:52 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:57:52 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: "Jeffrey W. Baker" , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: New project launched : PostgreSQL GUI Installer for Message-ID: <20060131185752.GP95850@pervasive.com> References: <1138668525.643.59.camel@evim.gunduz.org> <43DEDEFB.8090409@commandprompt.com> <1138682482.12491.9.camel@noodles> <43DEED62.4000302@commandprompt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43DEED62.4000302@commandprompt.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.100] X-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/1012 X-Sequence-Number: 79116 On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 08:53:54PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >If I could install Oracle on Debian/AMD64 with a shell script, I'd drop > >Postgresql in a heartbeat. > > > >Obviously anybody is welcome and able to just write whatever software > >they feel is needed, but go ahead and count me among the skeptics. > > > The installer is for the 98% not the 2%. You are in the 2%. I've yet to find *anyone* who likes the Oracle installer. It's absolutely the last thing I would use as a point of reference. Come to think of it, the DB2 installer was a pile of crap as well... My concern with this installer is that people are going to show up in -general or on IRC in droves with dependancy related problems with the installer. IMO it would be *much* better if we instead focused on something that made it easy to install stuff out of contrib and/or pgFoundry (and prefferably could be used without a GUI). But, OSS works by people scratching itches, so if there's folks who want to scratch this itch... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461