> If you would like to give this a go I am available to test this week; Hi Jody. From the conversation, I don't think we have yet determined an optimal position for the data_dir yet. To recap:
#1: Keep as is (leave in ProgFiles) Pro: It's always been this way Con: Not great on Vista/7 #2: Move to %APPDATA% or Common AppData Pro: Probably the most sensible place from an OS perspective Con: Folders are hidden by default #3: Move to %USERPROFILE% or AllUsers/Public Pro: Visible folder, better permissions Con: Slightly odd place to put Program Data What do you think? > indeed I am very impressed with your installer and would like to > update the udig training materials to use it. Thanks! :) Thanks, Mike Pumphrey OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Jody Garnett wrote: >> This looks more complicated than it actually is, but is slightly more >> involved than the standard drop into the ProgFiles directory. It is >> probably the most appropriate place for a data directory, though, so our >> defaults should probably match that. (And no worries, the installer writes >> a shortcut to the data directory in the Start Menu!) >> >> Any Windows users have any thoughts? > > Thanks for taking this up - it results in a maddening set of problems > when UAC is turned on. Ian commented on dropping shapefiles in a > directory; after the shadow copy is made (if you edit a shapefile) you > cannot really "remove" a modified shapefile unless you hunt down both > copies ... very frustrating to explain. > >> * Jody, this is the default %APPDATA% environment variable, so evidently, >> things would end up in the Roaming folder anyway... > > understood :-) > > If you would like to give this a go I am available to test this week; > indeed I am very impressed with your installer and would like to > update the udig training materials to use it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
