2015-05-29 11:02 GMT+02:00 Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org>: > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > 2015-05-29 10:37 GMT+02:00 Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org>: > >> > >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > 2015-05-29 8:20 GMT+02:00 Guillaume Lelarge <guilla...@lelarge.info>: > >> >> > >> >> Le 29 mai 2015 8:10 AM, "Pavel Stehule" <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> a > >> >> écrit > >> >> : > >> >> > > >> >> > Hi > >> >> > > >> >> > I am not sure if PGXN can substitute contrib - mainly due > deployment > >> >> > - > >> >> > It doesn't helps with MS Windows. Installing necessary software for > >> >> > compilation there is terrible. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> I agree it's hard to compile an extension on Windows, but that's > >> >> already > >> >> what we have. And I'm sure EDB will put all interesting contrib > modules > >> >> in > >> >> their windows installer to help users. They already go way further > than > >> >> any > >> >> Linux packages. > >> > > >> > I afraid so dependency on EDB in this case is wrong - I have respect > to > >> > EDB > >> > due work, but installation other extension from EDB stack is > difficult, > >> > unclean, and nothing what I would to use as new base. > >> > >> The five or six mouse clicks required to install something like Slony > >> or PostGIS (or both at once) is difficult and unclean? > > > > > > I had a problem with downloading isolated packages with stackbuilder - > but > > it was specific, because comp where some packages was installed was not > > access to internet. > > Run SB on a machine that is connected and: > > - Select "remote server" on the first step. This will disable any > filtering based on database server version, which is normally applied > if you're installing to the local machine (it will only offer packages > compatible with the database servers you have installed). This is not > required if you have the appropriate DB server installed on the > internet connected machine as well. > > - Make a note of the Download Directory on step 3 > > - Check "Skip installation" on step 4. > > Copy the downloaded installed from the Download Directory to your > server machine, and run them. >
Dave, I didn't say so it is difficult task - I solved it relatively simply - but my customer - long year Oracle DBA, Postgres beginner was messy and needed help and access to EDB support. He expected and searched a web page with download, what is much more usual. Regards Pavel > > -- > Dave Page > Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com > Twitter: @pgsnake > > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company >
