Re: TurnKey Installer Components

From: David LeBer (dleber_wode..odeferous.com)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2010 - 14:00:35 UTC

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    On a complete tangent:

    Mike's wo setup script is AWESOME.

    <http://gist.github.com/610081>

    Anyone want a double-clickable wrapper built around this?

    On 2010-10-07, at 9:54 AM, Paul D Yu wrote:

    > I have not shared MY development machine(s) with other people for as long as I can remember, so I've installed Eclipse in /Applications. Not that I'm advocating for this...
    >
    > Do you guys actually share your machines with other developers?
    >
    > Paul
    > On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Timo Hoepfner wrote:
    >
    >> 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
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>
    >

    ;david 

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