Re: Cleaning up the Download options

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 08:59:28AM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 4:44 AM David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 04:23:46PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 3:25 PM David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 04:13:40PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > > > > I've just reviewed all the download options on the website. A number
> > are
> > > > > out of date or have other issues, so I think we need to have a
> > cleanup:
> > > > >
> > > > > Primary downloads:
> > > > >
> > > > > - postgresql.org packages are up to date.
> > > > > - EDB installers are up to date.
> > > > > - BigSQL installers are up to date.
> > > > > - postgres.app is up to date.
> > > > > - Fink is a release behind on 9.4 through 10, and doesn't carry 11
> > at all
> > > > > as far as I can tell.
> > > > > - MacPorts is up to date.
> > > > > - The Homebrew link seems to go to a download site which after many
> > > > clicks
> > > > > gives me the Windows installer from EDB(!). I've fixed that now. The
> > > > > packages appear to be a release behind on all supported branches.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thoughts on whether we should make any changes to the Fink and Brew
> > > > > distributions? We used to require that the primary downloads be
> > > > maintained
> > > > > on our schedule, so by rights they should be removed.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure what you mean by this, but homebrew keeps in step with
> > > > upstream very quickly, often before some of the others listed above.
> > >
> > > Not according to https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/postgresql#default
> >
> > What I see there:         11.3, 10.6, 9.6.13, 9.5.15, 9.4.21
> > The most recent releases: 11.3, 10.8, 9.6.13, 9.5.17, 9.4.22
> >
> > Is this really drastically out of step, given that a new install, by
> > default, would be 11.3?
> >
>
> I never said it was drastically out of step. However, those distributions
> listed on the "primary" section are expected to be fully up to date, not
> months out of date as is the case with some of those branches.

For people using MacOS, homebrew can be a real time saver, broadly
speaking. I'll commit to keeping the minor versions patched, and while
I can't guarantee that those patches will be applied immediately, I
can say I have yet to wait more than three days for that to happen.