On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 5:25 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/11/21 2:53 AM, Stephan Knauss wrote:
> > Hello Felix,
> >
> > On 11.04.2021 02:31, felix.quintgz@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> I see no reason why ask elsewhere first, the link for the installer
> >> download is on the Postgresql website, not elsewhere. The most logical
> >> thing to do is ask here first.
> >
> >> Because it is the Postgresql installer.
> >> https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads
> >>
> > It's unfortunate that your download is blocked. As indicated by others I
> > am also wondering why you ask here for community support.
> >
> > You pointed to a download link which is controlled by a private company
> > selling Postgresql services:
> >
> > Read about this company on an independent website:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnterpriseDB
> >
> > If you are looking for the download links of the PostgreSQL project, you
> > can find it here:
> >
> > https://www.postgresql.org/download/
>
> Which as others have pointed out links to the EDB site for certain
> downloads. As also pointed it is not entirely clear that some of the
> links are to PGDG installs and some are third party.
Yeah, this is definitely something we could work on improving. Would
just adding a sentence after the link saying "This download is
provided externally by EDB" (very much open to input on exactly what
the sentence should be)? Or were you guys thinking in the line that we
should have one of those "you are now leaving postgresql.org"-steps in
between with a second click?
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