<p dir="ltr"><br /> On Feb 14, 2013 12:34 AM, "Tom Lane" <<a
href="mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</a>>wrote:<br /> ><br /> > Josh Berkus <<a
href="mailto:josh@agliodbs.com">josh@agliodbs.com</a>>writes:<br /> > > Folks,<br /> > > I was just
settingup a new PostgreSQL ubuntu server, and was kind of<br /> > > stunned by the unnecessary complexity of the
installinstructions at<br /> > > <a
href="http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/">http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/</a>. Also,
theydon't work.<br /> ><br /> > > If we're going to move our users to <a
href="http://apt.postgresql.org">apt.postgresql.org</a>,we really need<br /> > > to provide a PPA for easy
install. Until we do that, we shouldn't<br /> > > deprecate Martin's backports, which are easy to install and
well-maintained.<br/> ><br /> > Uh ... why would we be "deprecating" Martin's packages at all?<p dir="ltr">Just
tobe clear:<p dir="ltr">Martin is a part of the "we" that does the deprecation. <p dir="ltr">And we're not deprecating
hispackages. We are only deprecating the ppa through which they were distributed, in favor of a different channel.
(whichalso brings other things) <p dir="ltr">/Magnus