Re: wrokbench.deb

[Carl Karsten]

Colin Charles wrote:
> Carl Karsten wrote:
>> Has anyone created a MySql_Workbench.deb?  I realize it is alpha, but 
>> eventually it will need to be done, and it would be nice if none of my 
>> bug reports were due to my installation problems.  OK, it would be 
>> nice if it was easy to install.  :)
> 
> I'd wait a while for Workbench, as it gets further work on it.

I have been using it on and off from the start - it works "good enough" - just 
have to remember to save often.

> 
> In fact, visiting: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html 
> you'll realize there are tarball downloads, but for Workbench alone, it 
> seems to be windows only
> 
> Tarballs (i.e. not debs) are provided for all the gui tools though, so 
> they will run on your DEB capable box
> 

but .debs make it easier, just like all the gui tools make it easier to do 
something that could be done using the CLI.

And more consistent.

And I would assume eventually packages will be created for the 'popular' package 
manager/distros: apt, rpm, gentoo, slack.  The sooner someone starts working on 
a .deb, the sooner I can start testing it.

To some degree it will be more work for me.  but I have found it better than 
using pen and paper or DB4.  As long as it doesn't create more work for someone 
else, it seems like a reasonable thing to hope for.

Carl K