Hi, thanks for the comments. I have implemented (3) in Issue 92212:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92212 (with the small change that Unix platforms use small letters only). Ciao, Mathias Mathias Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently evaluating which name to choose for the user profile of > OpenOffice.org 3. > > Currently the user profile is named > > $SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org3 on Windows > $SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3 on Linux and Solaris > $SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org-aqua/3 on Mac OSX > > It is very unfortunate that the names differ that much. This will make > future code for migrating user data in OOo4 platform dependent and so it > should be justified. The additional "." on unixoid systems is bearable, > but the different structure isn't. > > So I'm wondering whether the additional sub directory on Mac is > necessary or if the name we use on Windows would be acceptable on Mac also. > > I also would like to drop the "-aqua" as for OOo3 there should be no > reason to support the X11 version anymore (at least not on the same > machine). > > We have the additional problem that we need to change the name so that > it differs from the profile created by the 3.0 Beta version. So my > proposals would be: > > (1) > > $SYSUSERCONFIG/openoffice.org_3 on Windows and Mac OSX > $SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org_3 on Linux and Solaris > > or (2) > > $SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org_3 on Windows and Max OSX > $SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org_3 on Linux and Solaris > > or (3) > > $SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org/3 on Mac and Windows > $SYSUSERCONFIG/.OpenOffice.org/3 on Linux/Solaris > > (2) would be my last choice, I would prefer (3) or (1). I think we can't > get rid of the "." problem. > > Comments, anyone? > > Regards, > Mathias > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
