Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5liY-0006Rw-IJ for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:26:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5liX-0006hQ-JG for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:26:21 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5liU-0006el-Dn for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:26:18 +0000 Received: from 30.55.colo.spiretech.net ([69.168.55.30] helo=lists.commandprompt.com) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5liP-0005DL-QB for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:26:17 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D994C5B; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:26:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([71.95.101.172] helo=[192.168.1.5]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES256-SHA) (2.1.1); 13 Feb 2013 15:26:10 -0800 Message-ID: <511C2108.10006@commandprompt.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:26:00 -0800 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130106 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Berkus CC: pgsql-www@postgresql.org, Martin Pitt Subject: Re: We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org until we have a PPA References: <511C1C1E.1030503@agliodbs.com> In-Reply-To: <511C1C1E.1030503@agliodbs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-97970-01591 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: josh@agliodbs.com X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org untilwe have a PPA X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-www Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org On 02/13/2013 03:05 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Folks, > > I was just setting up a new PostgreSQL ubuntu server, and was kind of > stunned by the unnecessary complexity of the install instructions at > http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/. Also, they don't work. > > If we're going to move our users to apt.postgresql.org, we really need > to provide a PPA for easy install. Until we do that, we shouldn't > deprecate Martin's backports, which are easy to install and well-maintained. I just looked at this and I have to agree with Josh. This is really quite... wow. JD > -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, Postgres-XC @cmdpromptinc - 509-416-6579 -- Sent via pgsql-www mailing list (pgsql-www@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-www