Re: [BUGS] More SSL questions..
От | Joshua D. Drake |
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Тема | Re: [BUGS] More SSL questions.. |
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Msg-id | 41DF34EB.90702@commandprompt.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: [BUGS] More SSL questions.. ("Christian Klemke" <Christian.Klemke@t-online.de>) |
Список | pgsql-hackers-win32 |
Christian Klemke wrote: > Folks, > > I've been following this discussion for some time now and I think that > you are losing the focus. I mean, who is your target audience ? How many > people may be out there who have the technical knowledge to put the > correct settings in the database config files but do not know how to > open and modify them just because they do not pop up using simple double > clicks ? [The same goes for the hidden/not hidden directory discussion, > BTW.] > > Therefore, I'd like to suggest to consider the following solutions: > > 1. Use the ".ini" extension. Ini files contain plain text, are > associated with notepad.exe by default and will show up as > "Configuration Settings" in the explorer. It doesn't matter if they do > not fully comply with the default ini file format in case of Postgres, > as long as they are not accessed by the corresponding special API > functions. The .ini extension is pretty much the default for system level setting stuff on Win32... I would say we should probably go with that. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > or > > 2. Use a Postgres specific extension like ".pgconfig" and let the > installer create a proper file type association. I suppose most Windows > users will use the installer (and those who don't will know how to > handle the files manually). Alternatively/Additionally, the installer > might also set up a link like "Modify configuration file" in the program > group associated with a "notepad <path><file>" command. The Apache HTTP > server installer does something similar for its "httpd.conf" file, IIRC. > This would also "bypass" the hidden directory issue. > > What do you think ? > > Best regards, > Christian. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> > To: "Gary Doades" <gpd@gpdnet.co.uk>; "Bruce Momjian" > <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> > Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; > <pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org>; "Matthew T. O'Connor" > <matthew@zeut.net>; "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>; "T.J." > <tjtoocool@phreaker.net> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:38 PM > Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [BUGS] More SSL questions.. > > >> > Perhaps there is another extension that is good for Win32 >> but i don't >> >>> think *.txt is it. >>> >> >> If there needs to be an extension, the new MS thinking in .NET >> seems to >> favour .config files. Both ASP.NET web applications and windows .NET >> executables are automatically given associated .config files by visual >> studio.net > > > Well, those are both XML files that follow a very specific schema (and > it's the same schema for both these, except there are of course some > tags not relevant in each one). I don't see the ".net does it" argument > as very powerful unless we go all the way - and we don't want to do > that. > > My vote is to either go with .txt - to make it autoopen - or go with no > extension at all (as in unix, except remove the initial dot that makes > the whole filename into the extension). > > //Magnus > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org -- Command Prompt, Inc., home of PostgreSQL Replication, and plPHP. Postgresql support, programming shared hosting and dedicated hosting. +1-503-667-4564 - jd@commandprompt.com - http://www.commandprompt.com Mammoth PostgreSQL Replicator. Integrated Replication for PostgreSQL
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