Steve Atkins wrote:
>
> On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:05 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> Josh Berkus wrote:
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>>> First pass is done. Needs a little cleanup before sharing. I spent a
>>>> fair while down OS-specific-hardware-queries rathole, but I'm better
>>>> now.
>>>
>>> Gods, I hope you gave up on that. You want to use SIGAR or something.
>>
>> If it's going to be C++, and reasonably cross platform, and a pg tool,
>> why not try to build something as a module in pgAdmin? Certainly going
>> to get you a larger exposure... And I'm sure the pgAdmin team would be
>> happy to have it!
>
> I'm attempting to build it as something that can be used in several
> places. Where there's most need for it is as an install time option
> in installers, particularly on Windows.
Well, if it was in pgadmin, it would be there more or less by default on
Windows. And very easy to get in on other platforms, since pgadmin is
already packaged there. Plus, all the dependencies are already there on
said platforms.
//Magnus