Re: Some restructuring of the download section

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 04:27:59PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
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> On Sunday, June 17, 2012, Kevin Grittner wrote:
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>     In terms of confusing entries, though, describing the non-yum option
>     as a "one click installer" makes it sound like it is the fast and
>     easy way to do this.  My experiences with the yum packages is that
>     there are no clicks needed.  I type the apt-get command or pick the
>     package in the GUI package manager and a few secons later I have a
>     running PostgreSQL instance without any further interaction, and
>     which will automatically be updated with new minor releases.  I think
>     we should provide some guidance on the reasons one would want to pick
>     one or the other.
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> (this is background info, not an argument against the proposed changes):
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> Well the whole point is that they are faster and easier to get started - one
> package contains server, docs, GUI etc, and following a few clicks everything
> is up and running. Personally I dislike the term 1-click installer as it's
> clearly inaccurate (it's more like 5 clicks), but that's the name that has
> become known and recognised.

FYI, I use the term "click-through installers".

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