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 EC7AD9DC837; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:54:59 -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 96898-07; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:55:00 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from service-web.de (p15093784.pureserver.info [217.160.106.224]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8045E9DC805; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:54:57 -0400 (AST) Received: from [10.100.1.50] (074-016-066-080.eggenet.de [80.66.16.74]) by service-web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 339E3200037; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:54:58 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43DF17CA.10407@wildenhain.de> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:54:50 +0100 From: Tino Wildenhain User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rick Gigger Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , "Joshua D. Drake" , Christopher Browne , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: New project launched : PostgreSQL GUI Installer for References: <1138668525.643.59.camel@evim.gunduz.org> <43DEDEFB.8090409@commandprompt.com> <20060130235736.O1017@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.097 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.097] X-Spam-Score: 0.097 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/976 X-Sequence-Number: 79080 Rick Gigger schrieb: > I don't see why anyone has a problem with this. I am certainly never > going to use it but if it helps someone who isn't a linux person to use > it on a project when they would have used something else (like mysql) > or if it convinces someone to run postgres on linux instead of windows > because they now have a graphical installer on linux then it seems like > a good thing to me. More users = bigger community = larger potential > pool of people to help out. Even if people can't code they can answer > newbie (or advanced) questions on the mailing lists or write > documentation or even just tell their dba friends about it. > > The more people using postgres the better. If this will help then I'm > all for it. Just because I would rather do a ./configure make make > install doesn't mean that thats the best route for everyone. As was said, a gui to produce postgresql.conf files (off host) can be of value. Also for the tune-people a package builder can be useful too. For other people - if they dont learn a bit about their package system on their choosen system - they will run into other problems soon or later.