Re: Time to scale up?

[<robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca>]

What about using the live CD as one way to answer this problem? Just create a live CD that installs everything under the sun (pun intended)


On July 26, 2006 02:16 am, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Paul,
>
> > I have been amazed by the power of the simple optimization rule "remove
> > barriers to entry", and how it has worked.  The Windows port of PgSQL
> > and associated installer (itself a "distribution" in the kernel-metaphor
> > sense, only carried on the main PostgreSQL site) has had a huge affect
> > on PostGIS usage, so I assume the same holds true for PgSQL in general.
> >
> > But such an approach (one size fits all, click the big green button for
> > download) is basically the diametric opposite of what you suggest.
>
> Well, for example we *can't* do a one-size-fits all including PostGIS
> unless you get it re-licensed.
>
> However, I've been talking about build systems here at the conference
> again.  While it's a technical barrier there may be open source software
> we can borrow.  The best of all possible worlds would be to have:
>
> pg_install
>
>  > install base
>
> .... done
>
>  > install gis
>
> Package GIS is GPL licensed.  Package GIS requires x, y, z.  Proceed?
>
> if that's not possible, then having more clear packages would be the
> next best thing.  Given a shortage of labor, though, I think that it
> might be better to just provide documentation to the OS build engineers
> and vendors about add-ins they might be interested in and how to find
> and build them.
>