I don't see why anyone has a problem with this. I am certainly never
going to use it but if it helps someone who isn't a linux person to
use it on a project when they would have used something else (like
mysql) or if it convinces someone to run postgres on linux instead of
windows because they now have a graphical installer on linux then it
seems like a good thing to me. More users = bigger community =
larger potential pool of people to help out. Even if people can't
code they can answer newbie (or advanced) questions on the mailing
lists or write documentation or even just tell their dba friends
about it.
The more people using postgres the better. If this will help then
I'm all for it. Just because I would rather do a ./configure make
make install doesn't mean that thats the best route for everyone.
Rick
On Jan 30, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
>>> On my Debian systems, I can install PostgreSQL quite readily via the
>>> command "apt-get install postgresql-8.1", which can get GUIed at
>>> least
>>> somewhat if I run aptitude, synaptic, or such...
>> Yes Christopher, you can... I can, and Devrim can....
>>
>> As more and more people come on board people are going to want to
>> download a .exe (a metaphor),
>> double click and have it open an installer, they will then want to
>> click next, next, continue, finish.
>>
>> You don't get that with apt-get install.
>>
>> There is a reason that even Oracle has a graphical installer on
>> Linux, because most people installing
>> the software:
>>
>> A. Don't know how to use it
>> B. Probably don't know how to use Linux
>> C. Don't want to.
>
> i can't agree more ... I don't care whether you are running FreeBSD
> or Linux or Solaris ... if you want broader adoption of non-
> Microsoft OSs, you have to make it simplier for 'the masses' to
> make use of ... and GUIs tend to follow KISS very closely ...
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