On Oct 1, 2009, at 5:03 AM, PB wrote:
> > > > On Sep 30, 10:57 pm, Peter Hosey <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sep 30, 2009, at 19:53:21, PB wrote: >> >>> 1. I click on the downloaded Get More Styles >>> linkhttp://resexcellence.com/growl/ >>> and I get this: >> >>> Warning: require_once(DB.php) [function.require-once]: failed to >>> open >>> stream: No such file or directory in /home/resexcel/public_html/ >>> growl/ >>> _init.php on line 18 >> >>> Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening >>> required 'DB.php' (include_path='PEAR_CUSTOM_DIR:.:/usr/lib/php') >>> in / >>> home/resexcel/public_html/growl/_init.php on line 18 >> >> Where do you see a link to that address? > > When I download the dmg file there it is. > Oh wow. We didn't catch that (we had around 20 links to it in different locations). Good catch. >> >>> 2. I cannot install into my home directory…. That's a show stopper. >> >> Why? > > Because I keep the admin account alone and only add apps to the one > other standard user account on this machine. It simplifies my backups > and keeps me from screwing up the system. If the download were not a > flat pkg I would just extract out the pref pane and put it where I > want it, but your distribution does not give me that option. (I'm > going to try to compile from source). > >> >>> It's just a preference pane, what is so difficult? >> >> Ask Apple. It's their bug. >> >> We may never turn it back on, though. Allowing the user to install to >> both their Home folder and the all-users Library causes many problems >> in the long run, as many users do one for one version and then the >> other for a later version, so they end up with two copies of Growl >> installed, of which the one in the Home folder is not always the >> newer. >> >> Even if Apple does fix installation to the Home folder, I don't think >> it's worth it. > > It's a single item. Does it need an installer? Double-clicking a pref > pane (ie, from a dmg) results in a prompt to install for This or All > users. Why do you even bother? And on upgrade sometimes the prefpane becomes unusable, and then everyone freaks out, so on. We had a large amount of issues before when we just shipped the prefpane. We're not likely to change how we distribute things now. Everyone once in a while (more than 6 months) someone says something, but they are usually technical enough to know how to either move the prefpane on updates, or to extract the prefpane from the pkg file. I don't see a convincing argument to make life more difficult for the majority of our user base in order to satisfy your requirement here. However, we could help you figure out a process so that this doesn't affect your backup strategy. You could run the installer, and then when it's done you could move the prefpane over from /Library/ to your user's home directory, and not have an issue I take it. Or vice versa, move it where you want. It is after all a prefpane. :) Chris > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
