Re: BUG #3845: tray icon that service is running

[Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>]

Bill Moran wrote:
> "Usama Dar" <munir(dot)usama(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Dec 30, 2007 3:51 AM, Bozhan <bozhan(at)mail(dot)bg> wrote:
>>
>>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>>
>>> Bug reference:      3845
>>> Logged by:          Bozhan
>>> Email address:      bozhan(at)mail(dot)bg
>>> PostgreSQL version: 8.3-beta4
>>> Operating system:   WinfowsXP
>>> Description:        tray icon that service is running
>>> Details:
>>>
>>> postgres needs icon in tray to show that service is running. to
>>> stop/start/restart postgres maybe.
>>> MSSQL and MySQL have such tray application.
>>> thanks
>> Huh?
> 
> In the Windows world, the GUI is inseperable from the OS.
> 
> Now, on a server, I can't imagine the point.  I mean, do you sit, logged in
> to your server, watching the tray to see if PG is running or not?
> 
> I can, however, see it being a nice addition for someone who's running PG
> on their desktop as part of a development environment.
> 
> In any case, I doubt it deserves to be part of PostgreSQL proper.  If
> someone is interested, probably a pgfoundry project would make sense.
> 

There is one already:

http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgtray/

//Magnus