Re: TurnKey Installer Components

From: Timo Hoepfner (th-de..nlinehome.de)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2010 - 12:36:42 UTC

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    I agree with Dave on this one.

    Timo

    Am 07.10.2010 um 13:54 schrieb David Avendasora:

    > I'm pretty against ~/Applications. Nothing installs there by
    > default. Why would we make an installer that's targeted at getting
    > new users up and running install in a place other than the normal /
    > Applications? Sure ~/Applications is _better_ but it's not _normal_.
    >
    > If they're advanced enough to want it in ~/Applications then they
    > can move it.
    >
    > Dave
    >
    > On Oct 6, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Jeremy Matthews wrote:
    >
    >> I had no idea what I was getting myself into....heh.
    >>
    >> This is for newbies...generally speaking, so we'll do ~/
    >> Applications...maybe offer a choice...dunno yet.
    >>
    >> -j
    >>
    >> On Oct 6, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Mike Schrag wrote:
    >>
    >>>> I was the same until recently when I switched to a new machine
    >>>> and forgot to copy over eclipse for the umteen'th time. So I
    >>>> moved it to my home directory instead.
    >>>>
    >>>> If eclipse kept it's plugins and other global config in my home
    >>>> directory I would have no reason to keep it there also.
    >>> welcome to one of the longest-standing debates in eclipse history
    >>>
    >>> ms
    >>
    >



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