Re: TurnKey Installer Components

From: Mike Schrag (mschra..obox.com)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2010 - 14:02:30 UTC

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    it's in the "not pretty but gets the job done" category ...

    ms

    On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:00 AM, David LeBer wrote:

    > 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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