Hello friends, I would like to inform you that I am working on a full PostgreSQL installer for Windows. The goal is to promote the use of PostgreSQL combined with pgAdmin II.
The installer is based on open-source NSIS http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis. 1) At first, I would like to automate the /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.1.2.README guidelines: - test the presence of Cygwin / PostgreSQL executables (if not present show a downloading link and quit installer), - installation and startup of ipc-daemon. - installation and startup of Cygwinsrv.exe under Windows NT/2000, - test existence of postmaster account, - start postmaster (possibly as a service under Windows NT/2000), - initdb if needed. 2) In a near future, I would like to perform a minimal Cygwin installation. - I have no idea what minimum software is needed. Any information welcome. - Does the Cygwin licence permit it? An alpha installation executable will be available in a few days. I will probably need support for testing under Windows 95/98/2000 as I run NT 4 (and Linux of course). Any input (tricks, feature requests, NSIS feedback) from the community are welcome. Regards, Jean-Michel POURE pgAdmin Development Team http://pgadmin.postgresql.org
