Re: [HACKERS] Re: HISTORY for 6.5.2

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > You're missing one minor point.  It's highly probable you never experienced
> > it.  The first few days (maybe even couple of weeks) PostgreSQL can be 
> > intimidating.  Most packages install the same way: 
> > 
> > ./configure
> > make 
> > make install
> > 
> > and you can do it from whatever directory you want.  Right from the 
> > beginning, the postgres installation has you working from a directory
> > that you may not normally keep your sources in (I keep mine in /usr/local/src
> > as do many others), working as a user you just created so you're in an
> > unfamiliar environment.  Then the redirection of the make process (or the
> > gmake process) monitoring it with tail....  For the first time installer
> > it can be intimidating.   Hell, Innd 1.4 was easier to install the first 
> > time.  After doing it more than once (and using Tom's tip with makefile.custom)
> > all of that can be gotten around.   Then the regression tests.  Lets face
> > it, it's a big package - well worth the effort to learn it, but it's still
> > big.  So after putting the poor newbie thru all of this trauma you want to 
> > further traumatize him/her with man pages?    :)
> > 
> 
> I agree our INSTALL is very large.  Is there some way we can simplify
> the install process?

Yeah, but let me test it first.  I have two to install this week so I 
make sure.

Vince.
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