Bill Moran wrote:
> "Usama Dar" <munir.usama@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 30, 2007 3:51 AM, Bozhan <bozhan@mail.bg> wrote:
>>
>>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>>
>>> Bug reference: 3845
>>> Logged by: Bozhan
>>> Email address: bozhan@mail.bg
>>> PostgreSQL version: 8.3-beta4
>>> Operating system: WinfowsXP
>>> Description: tray icon that service is running
>>> Details:
>>>
>>> postgres needs icon in tray to show that service is running. to
>>> stop/start/restart postgres maybe.
>>> MSSQL and MySQL have such tray application.
>>> thanks
>> Huh?
>
> In the Windows world, the GUI is inseperable from the OS.
>
> Now, on a server, I can't imagine the point. I mean, do you sit, logged in
> to your server, watching the tray to see if PG is running or not?
>
> I can, however, see it being a nice addition for someone who's running PG
> on their desktop as part of a development environment.
>
> In any case, I doubt it deserves to be part of PostgreSQL proper. If
> someone is interested, probably a pgfoundry project would make sense.
>
There is one already:
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgtray/
//Magnus