Thread: Re: [pgsql-www] We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org until we have a PPA

Re: Magnus Hagander 2013-02-14 <CABUevEyhpv1O=sFX-JgFG57AV=55Lvgj7pBf-jRC9yeamrRn0A@mail.gmail.com>
> > If we're going to move our users to apt.postgresql.org, we really need
> > to provide a PPA for easy install.

Maybe we just need to mention "PPA" on the wiki page so google finds
it?

> That said, I believe Christophe has on his to do list to set up a
> "repository package" to simplify installation. Kind of the same way it
> works for the yum repository. We do not agree on the priority and the
> importance of that (and for the record, I'm on your side here thinking it's
> really important), but iirc we did agree on that being the most way
> forward. I don't know if he's started the work in it yet though.

It's kind of an chicken-and-egg problem, if you download the repo
package, you still don't have any key to verify it. Though "wget
pgdg.deb && dpkg -i pgdg.deb" will probably be trustworthy enough for
most people so we should be providing that, yes.

Christoph
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Christoph Berg [2013-02-14 10:35 +0100]:
> It's kind of an chicken-and-egg problem, if you download the repo
> package, you still don't have any key to verify it.

That's true. We might ship the key in postgresql-common itself then,
and add a script to install the backports package? For existing stable
releases we can point people to the install instructions.

Martin

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