On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 15:21, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 02:45, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>>> Looking at http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux, it says:
>>>
>>> Note: The one click installers do not integrate with platform-specific
>>> packaging systems. If you need RPM, APT or Portage integration, please
>>> use the packages below.
>>>
>>> but below that text is the link for one click installers. That is very
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that text be below the one-click installer links, so "below"
>>> really means right below.
>>
>> Yes, that page is still fairly confusing. And I still come across a
>> lot of people who have downloaded the oneclick because they thought
>> that's what we recommend - and it's not...
>
> And previously we used to get a whole lot of people who didn't
> understand native packaging for whatever reason (usually because they
> couldn't figure out what 23 packages to install), for whom the
> one-clicks are much easier. We *don't* get those people emailing
> webmaster@ any more, which indicates to me that the current layout
> works more effectively.
I agree that the current one is better than the old one. That doesn't
mean it can't be improved upon.
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