Thanks Joan, Trying Windows installation on another machine shows that the trust problem is down to Windows Smartscreen, and this StackOverflow question <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33414291/how-can-i-stop-my-installer-from-triggering-windows-10s-this-app-has-been-bloc> suggests there's not much to be done about it: eventually enough people will install it for Smartscreen to stop complaining. It did appear in Programs and Features on the second machine, so the previous occasion must have been a one-off.
Thanks for fixing the installation path. If we can get a revised version out later, that's great; otherwise having it as a known issue feels OK to me. Nick On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 at 22:10 Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > ----- Original Message ----- > > - Windows did not trust the installer, which might put cautious > > users > > off. > > Interesting. The installer is signed by Symantec. You should be able to > verify this by opening the Properties dialog on the installer file itself. > Not sure what more we can do here, do you have any more knowledge? > > > - It ignored my attempt to change the installation directory to > > D:\CouchDB and just installed in C:\CouchDB. > > Fixed. We now pick the drive with the most free space (a Windows Installer > default behaviour), and respect your choice if you choose to pick a > different drive. > > > https://github.com/apache/couchdb-glazier/commit/292c64739e56f2da9c990a7d8dd287cb5b54dc9e > > I can't upload a new rc unless this vote fails, so this will have to > be a Known Issue for the Windows installer for now. I suspect the PMC > can see their way clear to uploading a new convenience binary installer > for 2.0.0 once the vote passes. > > > - The installed program did not appear in Control Panel, Programs > > and > > Features. But then I uninstalled and reinstalled, and it did > > appear. Maybe > > that was just a glitch. > > I can't confirm this one, as I do see an entry in Programs and Features. > We also have an Uninstall link that we put in the Programs > Apache CouchDB > menu. > > > - Running couchdb.cmd brings up a shell saying "Kernel-poll not > > supported; "K" parameter ignored". Not a big problem, but it would > > be nice > > to avoid errors. > > We currently don't have a platform-specific way to specify the vm.args > file. > If this error bothers you just edit the etc\vm.args file and remove the > line that says "+K true". Besides, who knows - maybe someday Windows Erlang > will support kernel polling! :) > > -Joan >
