On 7/13/06, Marc G. Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'k, but, again, this comes to someone (you?) stepping forward and dedicating the time/energy to developing a 'mega distribution', and being willing to provide support for it
True. Then maybe we should just all work together to make a distribution suggestion to packagers of the major components and their versions. That way the packagers at least have a good idea of what we believe is "good-to-go" with X version of PostgreSQL.
Heck, why not building a Unix Installer like the Windows one, bring up a menu with a list of options to install, and pull in what is needed, instead of forcing it all on someone? Neat thing about that: you could then maintain statistics on what ppl are actually downloading ...
Yes, I very much like this idea.
But, as JD pointed out earlier ... there is mammothpostgresql.org already, which is apparently FOSS, so instead of "yet another distribution" maybe look into extending that, add an Installation interface over top of it (if it doesn't already exist), etc ... ?
Not to be too "business" about it, but a PostgreSQL community distribution should IMHO, be vendor neutral. If the installer were vendor-branding-free, I'd be game. -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1300 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 2nd Floor | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
