I don't share my machine (and I kind of doubt anyone does), but it does feel dirty to have an installer that puts a writable application into /Applications.
We really only have two choices here:
1) /Applications/Eclipse.app and world(ish) writable
2) ~/Applications/Eclipse.app and slightly untypical (though it actually is supported by OS X as a legitimate "Applications" folder)
I lean towards option 2 at this point because it does seem like a writable /Applications entry is wrong and unsafe. That we dropped it in ~/Applications is just such a small obstacle to overcome -- open the folder at the end of the install process, or mention it in the dialog at the end. For that matter, people probably use spotlight to launch apps anyway. I don't even know where some of my apps are installed because of that.
I'd say just let Jeremy make the call when he makes the installer.
ms
On Oct 7, 2010, 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
>>>>
>>>
>>
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