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That may be the easiest way, but if your intention is to do serious, heavy-duty work with PostgreSQL, please do yourself a favor and learn how to compile and install from source.

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I've done some benchmarks with millions of rows, and a default PostgreSQL installed via apt-get on Ubuntu works fine. I doubt whether the majority of PostgreSQL users really need to install from source (especially considering how much harder it makes upgrades).

I didn't say it was faster, and I didn't say the majority needed to do it.

The reason is to be able to customize your build and/or apply patches. Tom Lane fixed a production bug I reported in hours and this got me running fairly quickly.

Where do people get this weird idea that typing "make" creates some sort of magic that makes the software faster or more stable or somehow better than having someone else type "make"?

Where did I say it was faster or more stable?

I said: "faster or more stable or somehow better". Obviously you must believe that typing make causes one of those things, or you wouldn't have made your comment.

> Obviously you must believe that typing make causes one of those things, or you wouldn't have made your comment.

Or: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6246393

That doesn't support your original statement at all. If you made the statement in error, then simply say so.

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