On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Magnus Hagander <
magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 15:32, Martin Atukunda <
matlads@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The most recent releases for postgresql are available via RSS URL
>>
http://www.postgresql.org/versions.rss. This RSS feed is already very
>> useful (the link for each entry points to the release notes for that
>> release of postgresql)
>>
>> But the description of each item on the RSS feed is simply the text
>>
>> -- 8< --
>> MAJOR.MINOR.RELEASE is the latest release in the MAJOR.MINOR series.
>> -- >8 --
>>
>> I'd like to propose that the description be extended a little to
>> include the URL from which to download the source code. Something like
>> this:
>>
>> -- 8< --
>> MAJOR.MINOR.RELEASE is the latest release in the MAJOR.MINOR series.
>>
>> Grab it from here:
>>
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/vMAJOR.MINOR.RELEASE/postgresql-MAJOR.MINOR.RELEASE.tar.gz >> -- >8 --
>
> Why the source, and not binaries? And once we open that can of work,
> there'll be lots of it. I guess we could add a link to
>
http://www.postgresql.org/download, but I have a feeling the part
> you're after is not to have to browse but get directly to the correct
> version?
>
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> Magnus Hagander
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