During the last couple weeks several little issues with the current installers have come up. All have roots in the attempts to build a single binary that addresses support for 10.3.8 on PowerPC, 10.5 PowerPC 64bit and, Intel 32 and 64bit support. I am certain that for smaller, less complex projects than PostgreSQL, this is not a problem, but we are finding that maintaining 10.3 support has become a major problem.
We would really like to drop support for 10.3. If we cannot resolve the problems with the build system and 10.3 today, we will be dropping support for it with the next update release, due in the coming week.
The second bit is that we have to address the upgrade process.
This is an issue that has been lurking around the fringes for a long time. Today, there is not a good upgrade path and option within the installer. This is something that really has to be addressed, and soon. While we haven't even begun to really tackle this issue, I think it has to be a priority.
Therein lies the crux of the issues that the project faces. Most of what is going on is because it is what I think. Because of that, I have decided to create a steering committee of several people from the community plus myself. The intent is to form a group that will provide direction and priorities for the project as a whole. In essence, the project has grown in scope well beyond scratching an itch and into providing a foundation for the Mac community as a whole.
As the Mac continues is growth into the business marketplace, our place in that community is only going to grow. I would like to proactively place this project into the communities hands, instead of just my itch. With that said, I am not a person that will not express an opinion, and being open source, contributors may still focus on tangents, but the project as a whole will be governed by the wishes of the Steering Committee. If you would like to participate, and have not received and invitation via email, please let me know. This is certainly not going to be a free for all, there are limits to the number of people that will be participating in this group, but I will do my best to be as inclusive as possible.