Re: [GENERAL] Installation simplicity

On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 11:03:37AM -0700, Duncan Kinder wrote:

> RPMs are for people who do not know how or are not comfortable with
> compiling and installing Linux distributions.  It defeats their purpose to
> expect these people to jump through hoops while installing rpms.  The rpm
> should do all - repeat all - the work for them.

    Perhaps you should take that up with whomever maintains the .rpm
files.  I never touch them.  I don't even use the debian packages, because
I prefer to compile and install my own tools for production use.  Since I
don't see them on ftp.postgresql.org, I assume that they don't belong
directoy to the Postgres team...

    Postgres, to me, is just as easy to "make install" as any other
common application: Apache, PHP, or various mailers.  Configuration
tends to be easier--there is only one hba.conf file and then you
need to create a user.  After that, you are in a SQL environment.

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