How did you install NetBeans 8.x? On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 12:19 AM Tim Boudreau <[email protected]> wrote:
> This debate was had once about 14 years ago - and the decision to go with > .pkg installers on Mac OSX was made for this reason: There were a lot of > "NetBeans is unusably slow" reports on OSX. > > The reason? A LOT of users never unpacked the .app - they were running it > directly from the mounted, compressed .dmg image. It turns out that's not > that unusual. > > Random access Java classloading does not play nicely AT ALL with the > compression used for .dmg images. > > I strongly recommend not repeating that mistake. > > -Tim > > Only Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 1:44 AM Scott Palmer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The macOS “installer” should be nothing more than a disk image with the > > application bundle. It should not be a .pkg file that might require admin > > privileges as it would be a drag and drop install. The user should be > able > > to drag the app bundle wherever they want. > > > > Scott > > > > > On Aug 10, 2018, at 6:54 PM, Carl Mosca <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I work in a place where you need admin rights to install on Windows as > > well > > > but that's a policy. > > > > > > As far as the MacOS goes, it's based on BSD. > > > > > > Therefore if /Applications is owned by root:wheel (or something similar > > > that's not the current user), you need privileges to "su or sudo" in > > order > > > to complete the installation process. That is to say, the filesystem > is > > > requiring the elevated access which in my opinion is a good thing. > > > > > > One could/should be able to install in his/her home directory and not > > need > > > such access and I have seen apps take that approach as well. > > > > > > Carl > > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:57 PM Will Hartung <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Kenneth Fogel < > > [email protected] > > >>> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Yes, an installer is nice but all it should do on the Windows > platform > > is > > >>> unzip NetBeans in the folder of choice and add a shortcut. > > >>> > > >> > > >> For some reason that I don't understand, and perhaps someone could > > explain, > > >> the installer for MacOS requires Administration privileges. > > >> > > >> Being that it, too, is essentially a "zip file" (it's an application > > >> bundle), I never really understood why it needs admin privs to > install. > > >> > > >> Maybe it's some Mac specific thing. > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Carl J. Mosca > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > -- > http://timboudreau.com > -- Carl J. Mosca
