Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 21:27 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in
Java... IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could
build off some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as
IzPack). Just
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 21:27 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in
> Java... IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could
> build off some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as
> IzPack). Just my 2 cents :)
Hi,
On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 08:36 +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> >>Are you going to work with the underlying system's package manager, or
> >>put everything in /usr/local?
> >
> >
> > We'll work with the package manager -- I'm an RPM guy ;)
> >
> RPM isnt the only packaging system out there ;)
Tino Wildenhain wrote:
Jonah H. Harris schrieb:
I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in
Java... IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could
build off some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as
IzPack). Just my 2 cents :)
Yes! Use Java for
am 31.01.2006, um 8:46:44 +0100 mailte Tino Wildenhain folgendes:
> Jonah H. Harris schrieb:
> >I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in Java...
> >IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could build off
> >some nice OSS installers that already exist (such
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
Devrim GUNDUZ schrieb:
Hi,
...
Are you going to work with the underlying system's package manager, or
put everything in /usr/local?
We'll work with the package manager -- I'm an RPM guy ;)
RPM isnt the only packaging system out there ;)
I th
Jonah H. Harris schrieb:
I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in Java...
IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could build off
some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as IzPack). Just my 2
cents :)
Yes! Use Java for ultimate suckiness of th
Devrim GUNDUZ schrieb:
Hi,
...
Are you going to work with the underlying system's package manager, or
put everything in /usr/local?
We'll work with the package manager -- I'm an RPM guy ;)
RPM isnt the only packaging system out there ;)
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
On my RHEL boxes, I do never ever recompile the kernel since Red Hat
does not provide support if I do so :)
Is everything 'loadable modules' then? I can't imagine you have some
mammoth kernel running on your system, do you?
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
>
>> On my RHEL boxes, I do never ever recompile the kernel since Red Hat
>> does not provide support if I do so :)
>
> Is everything 'loadable modules' then? I can't imagine you have some
> mammoth kernel
I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in Java... IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could build off some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as IzPack). Just my 2 cents :)
On 1/30/06, Devrim GUNDUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,On Mon, 2006-01-3
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
More seriously, I know under FreeBSD, one of the first things that
gets done after installing is to customize the kernel to get rid of
all the 'cruft' part of the generic kernel, I take it that this isn't
something that ppl do with Linux?
The Linux kernel has lo
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
On my RHEL boxes, I do never ever recompile the kernel since Red Hat
does not provide support if I do so :)
Is everything 'loadable modules' then? I can't imagine you have some
mammoth kernel running on your system, do you? with every conceivable
p
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 22:04 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> BTW, gcc is not installed on by default AFAIR.
>
> Wow, how do you update the kernel each week? :)
>
> More seriously, I know under FreeBSD, one of the first things that gets
> done after installing is to customize the kernel to
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
BTW, gcc is not installed on by default AFAIR.
Wow, how do you update the kernel each week? :)
More seriously, I know under FreeBSD, one of the first things that gets
done after installing is to customize the kernel to get rid of all the
'cruft' par
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 20:31 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
> > You can install, but what if you need different configure options than
> > the package provides? This means a rebuild of the package. Instead, we
> > will build and install that package via the installer.
>
> That's actually a pretty
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 21:34 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > OTOH, exluding Synaptic that I hate to use, FC / RH does not have a GUI
> > RPM interface for the repositories. So our installer will help them a
> > lot. Also, our installer will have an option to download and install the
> > preb
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 20:31 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
>
> Certainly you can install pre-built binaries without a compiler, and
> let the user choose database location, autovacuum settings and stuff
> like that.
That's another good point. We can adjust many settings before
installing.
Reg
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 20:03 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
We are actively looking for developers for the project. Please drop me
an e-mail if you want to join this project. We will use Python, so you
need to be a Python guy to join the project. We a
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 20:27 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >OTOH, exluding Synaptic that I hate to use, FC / RH does not have a GUI
> >RPM interface for the repositories. So our installer will help them a
> >lot. Also, our installer will have an option to download and install the
> >prebuilt
Devrim GUNDUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 20:03 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
>
>> What value does this bring to systems that have a good package system
>> and up-to-date repositories? I can install Postgres today on Ubuntu
>> using a GUI tool, and install another GUI tool t
Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
OTOH, exluding Synaptic that I hate to use, FC / RH does not have a GUI
RPM interface for the repositories. So our installer will help them a
lot. Also, our installer will have an option to download and install the
prebuilt binaries from PostgreSQL FTP site (and possible o
Hi,
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 20:03 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
> > We are actively looking for developers for the project. Please drop me
> > an e-mail if you want to join this project. We will use Python, so you
> > need to be a Python guy to join the project. We are in planning phase,
> > if you j
Devrim GUNDUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgnixinstaller/
>
> We are actively looking for developers for the project. Please drop me
> an e-mail if you want to join this project. We will use Python, so you
> need to be a Python guy to join the project. We are in pla
Hi,
As you know, many databases that run on Linux / Unix systems have a GUI
installer which make installation easier and more attractive for some
people.
Our Windows Installer is very attractive, for example.
Now, I and Burcu Guzel, who is a Senior Programmer, decided to launch a
new project: p
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