X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F899DC800 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:05:33 -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 64641-10 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:05:33 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (bramble.mmrd.com [65.217.53.66]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5779DC854 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:05:30 -0400 (AST) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0AJp6kB016760; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:51:07 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [10.225.10.110]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k0AJ5iC10740; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:05:44 -0500 Received: from [10.225.105.30] (10.225.105.30 [10.225.105.30]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id TWDAWZYH; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:05:41 -0500 Subject: Re: Sourceforge and torrenst updated From: Robert Treat To: Devrim GUNDUZ Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: <200601100922.16918.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 10 Jan 2006 14:05:16 -0500 Message-Id: <1136919926.27837.252.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.143 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.143] X-Spam-Score: 0.143 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/55 X-Sequence-Number: 9243 On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 13:11, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Robert Treat wrote: > > >> I've added new release to sf.net. Also updated the torrents. > > > > Whats the deal with the windows binaries on sf? I couldn't find them... are > > you just waiting on the pginstaller folks? > > If we upload Windows binaries, then we need to upload RPMs to (and also > other binaries). That would be a pain. So I've just uploaded source codes. > Not if you approach it practically (verses politically) Source code downloads basically exclude the entire windows user base, while including the *nix user base. Adding win32 binaries balances this out. Furthermore the majority of people who have trouble using our ftp mirror system are windows users, so having another outlet to send them to is really a bonus (and the pgfoundry website doesnt compete with sourceforges distribution system) Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL